AVALIAÇÃO DAS CARACTERÍSTICAS SOCIOECONÔMICAS, SOCIODEMOGRÁFICAS E DE QUALIDADE DE VIDA DE INDIVÍDUOS HIPERTENSOS E/OU DIABÉTICOS PARTICIPANTES DE GRUPOS DE CONVIVÊNCIA

Abstract

The High Blood Pressure (HBP) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are major risk factors for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal diseases. They have a high prevalence in almost all countries, which is mainly due to the socioeconomic and sociodemographic changes associated with new technological resources developed in recent times. However, the increased incidence of HBP and DM has several individual consequences, and increases spending on the public health system. This study aims to analyze the socioeconomic, sociodemographic and quality of life of patients with HBP and/or DM participants on community groups at Guarapuava, PR. The participants were adults and elderly HPB and/or DM carriers individuals and registered on 16 Guarapuava community groups in Hiperdia Program. Data collection was performed through interviews, using a sociodemographic survey and an evaluation survey about quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF). Participated effectively on the survey 205 individuals, 136 (66.34%) hypertensive patients, 13 (6.34%) diabetics and 56 (27.32%) with both conditions. There was a higher prevalence of individuals with isolated HBP in municipal social groups. Moreover, most participants reported being married, female, caucasian, catholic, with low education, high number of children, living in their own homes and in urban areas and have a low monthly income. Individuals aged ≥ 65 years had a lower prevalence of HBP isolated and HBP+DM associated. People illiterate had higher occurrence of these diseases. The mulattos showed greater chances for the development of DM isolated and HBP+DM compared to other races. In addition, women with ≥ 65 years and having own settled housing were more likely to develop HBP isolated. Conversely, women living in rural areas had lower chances for the appearance of HBP and HBP+DM, compared to those in urban area. Lower economic income also influenced to reduce the prevalence of HBP (p<0.05) among women. Most of the individuals were classified with a good quality of life, especially for the psychological domain, while the physical domain was the one who had lower quality of life rating. We concluded that the socioeconomic, sociodemographic and quality of life directly affect the daily life of individuals with HBP and/or DM participants on Guarapuava, PR, community groups.