Chronic and asymptomatic diseases influence the control of hypertension treatment in primary care
Autor: | Angela Maria Geraldo Pierin, Stael Silvana Bagno Eleutério da Silva, Flávia Cortez Colósimo, Gabriela de Andrade Toma, Talita de Souza Serafim, Paolo Meneghin |
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Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
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Zdroj: | Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, Vol 50, Iss 5, Pp 763-770 |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1980-220X 0080-6234 |
DOI: | 10.1590/s0080-623420160000600008 |
Popis: | Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the association between blood pressure control and the following variables: a) bio-social and lifestyle characteristics of hypertensive patients; and b) factors related to the antihypertensive treatment. METHODS This is an exploratory study with 290 people with hypertension from primary care. We used a specific instrument, self-administered, with 21 questions on factors that can hinder treatment, divided into four dimensions: medication, socioeconomic, institutional and personal beliefs. We adopted a significance level of p |
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