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Unawareness of hypertension and its determinants among 'quilombolas' (inhabitants of 'quilombos' - hinterland settlements founded by people of African origin) living in Southwest Bahia, Brazil
- Source :
- Ciência & Saúde Coletiva v.20 n.3 2015, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO), instacron:ABRASCO, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, Vol 20, Iss 3, Pp 797-807 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2015.
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Abstract
- This study sought to evaluate the prevalence of unawareness of arterial hypertension (AH) and associated factors among the quilombola population and to describe aspects of the non-pharmacological management of AH. It involved a cross-sectional study with a sample of 358 people with AH aged 18 years or more. AH was considered systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg and/or reported use of antihypertensive drugs. Unawareness of AH was classified as persons answering negatively when asked if they suffered from AH. Poisson regression was then used. The prevalence of unawareness of AH was 44.1% (95% CI: 38.9-49.3). Among those who already knew the diagnosis and had drug treatment only 24.8% had controlled BP. The unawareness of AH was positively associated with the male sex and Stage 1 of AH and negatively with increasing age, overweight, negative self-perception of health and medical visits. For non-pharmacological management, low percentages of quilombola reported appropriate standard recommendations of care. Arterial hypertension is a serious public health issue among the quilombola population, revealing great vulnerability in health due to poor levels of awareness, treatment and control.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Gerontology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Cross-sectional study
Population
Black People
Overweight
African origin
Young Adult
Comunidades vulneráveis
symbols.namesake
Vulnerable communities
medicine
Humans
Poisson regression
Young adult
education
education.field_of_study
business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Health Policy
Public health
Conhecimento
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
lcsh:RA1-1270
Middle Aged
Awareness
Cross-Sectional Studies
Blood pressure
Estudos transversais
Hypertension
Cross-sectional studies
symbols
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Brazil
Hipertensão
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14138123
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....06ffe6b0a056761018cbe0d1a6862d75
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232015203.14342014