Atenção oferecida aos idosos portadores de hipertensão: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde , 2013

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the attention paid by health professionals to elderly individuals with hypertension and related inequalities in Brazil, using level of schooling as the socioeconomic indicator. This was a cross-sectional study with data from the Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013. Attention was assessed according to the following indicators: recommendations for healthy eating, maintaining adequate weight, less salt, regular exercise, prevention of smoking and excessive drinking, and regular medical checkups with blood and urine tests, ECG, and stress test. The recommendations to consume less salt (91%), healthy diet (88%), and regular medical checkups (88%) were the most common. Elderly with complete university degrees showed the highest prevalence rates for recommendations to maintain a healthy diet (PR = 1.12), adequate weight (PR = 1.21), regular exercise (PR = 1.29), regular medical checkups (PR = 1.11), and stress test (PR = 2.26) and all the indicators combined (PR = 2.14) when compared to elderly without schooling. The attention paid to the elderly by health professionals is suboptimal throughout the country. In addition, inequalities in attention to the elderly's needs still persist. Given the growth in the elderly population and chronic non-communicable diseases, efforts are needed to improve the quality of their care and mitigate the related inequalities.

Self-medication and adherence to drug treatment: assessment of participants of the Universidade do Envelhecer (the University of Aging) program

“…Low schooling may be one of the identified factors that interferes with self-care. Older, more educated individuals tend to understand the information provided by health professionals better, as well as the importance of the rational use of drugs 24 , even if this was not observed in the present study.…”

Prevalência de hipertensão arterial sistêmica e diabetes mellitus em idosos no Município de Mossoró/RN/ Prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension and diabetic mellitus in the elderly in the City of Mossoró/RN

“…Os achados do presente artigo são condizentes com outros estudos sobre o tema quando correlacionados com HAS, visto que aproximadamente 90% dos idosos estudados referiram ter HAS e a maioria deles, em torno de 43%, não têm o ensino fundamental completo, sendo considerado um baixo grau de escolaridade. Essa realidade também apareceu em um estudo transversal sobre os dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, onde 41,6% tinham o Ensino Fundamental incompleto (NEVES et al, 2017) . Essa associação entre baixa escolaridade e HAS pode ter diversos fatores, sendo um deles a dificuldade de adesão ao tratamento e de acesso à informação sobre a doença (MILL, 2019).…”

Fatores Associados À Renda E Escolaridade Em Idosos Com Excesso De Peso / Factors Associated With Income and Education in Overweight Elderly People

“…Segundo dados do Vigitel (2017), a frequência de diagnóstico de hipertensão arterial aumentou com a idade e é maior entre os indivíduos com menor nível de escolaridade 13 . Com relação a este resultado, evidencia-se que a baixa escolaridade pode dificultar a compreensão das orientações para estimular o autocuidado 18 .…”