ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS

This transversal study, with a descriptive-exploratory character, aimed to analyze the presence of arterial hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis treatment, and its associated factors. Interviews were held with 140 patients of an institute of nephrology located in the rural area of the state of Minas Gerais, in August – October 2013. The prevalence of arterial hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease was 78.8%. A relationship was observed between diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemias and ignorance regarding renal failure with arterial hypertension. It was identified that 72.2% of the participants were above their ideal weight, and that of these, 63.3% presented hypertensive crisis in the interdialytic period. It is concluded that arterial hypertension is significantly present in individuals, and that the associated factors are: effective adherence to the dialysis and drug treatment; control of fluid and food intake; and physical activity.