Hipertensäo arterial em trabalhadoras de enfermagem: padräo de ocorrência, diagnóstico e tratamento / Hypertension in a female nursing staff: pattern of occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment
Arq. bras. cardiol
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76(3): 197-208, Mar. 2001. tab, graf
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in Portuguese, English
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To report the pattern of occurrence, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension in a female nursing staff of an emergency hospital.METHODS:
We carried out a cross-sectional study that included interviews and blood pressure measurements of 494 nursing professionals at an emergency hospital in the city of Salvador, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. We considered hypertensive all individual with blood pressure > or = 140/90 mmHg or normal pressure if on regular treatment.RESULTS:
We found a prevalence of hypertension of 36.4 percent. Only 18.3 percent of the individuals ignored their hypertensive condition, and 64.2 percent admitted not being having regular treatment. Of those individuals who were having treatment, 69.4 percent had elevated blood pressure on examination. The major reasons for not being on treatment was the occasional elevation of blood pressure (22.2 percent) and medical counseling (20.0 percent).CONCLUSION:
The results point to the need to introduce hypertension control measures in this occupational group, because of the magnitude of the disease and the potential impact on diffusion of knowledge and measures to control hypertension
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Main subject:
Hypertension
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Nurses
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Nursing Assistants
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Occupational Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal da Bahia/BR
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