Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care

We aimed at verifying the complaints causing elderly hypertensive patients search for a health center in a municipality of the state of Paraná-Brazil. Analytical and exploratory retrospective study conducted between November 2013 and January 2014, with 106 records of elderly hypertensive who underwe...

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Main Authors: Roberta Fernanda Rogonni Ferrari, Daysi Mara Murio Ribeiro, Fabiana Cristina Vidigal, Sonia Silva Marcon, Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi Baldissera, Ligia Carreira
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Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2014-08-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4917
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author Roberta Fernanda Rogonni Ferrari
Daysi Mara Murio Ribeiro
Fabiana Cristina Vidigal
Sonia Silva Marcon
Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi Baldissera
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description We aimed at verifying the complaints causing elderly hypertensive patients search for a health center in a municipality of the state of Paraná-Brazil. Analytical and exploratory retrospective study conducted between November 2013 and January 2014, with 106 records of elderly hypertensive who underwent nursing consultation in the past five years. Elderly females (73.5%), up to 70 years (61.3%), with a partner (57.5%) and up to 4 years of study (73.5%) accounted for most of the sample. The main complaints causing elderly hypertensive patients to seek health care focused on endocrine and nutritional diseases (36%). A significant association between sex and search the health service having hypertension as a major complaint, but no association was observed between complaints related to hypertension and number of interventions prescribed by nurses. The data revealed enable the planning of specific interventions to the needs of elderly hypertensive allowing adjustments in care.
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spelling doaj-art-21ef14f2f69b451ba9df3992abb05b442025-08-20T12:59:45ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832014-08-01154Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary careRoberta Fernanda Rogonni FerrariDaysi Mara Murio RibeiroFabiana Cristina VidigalSonia Silva MarconVanessa Denardi Antoniassi BaldisseraLigia CarreiraWe aimed at verifying the complaints causing elderly hypertensive patients search for a health center in a municipality of the state of Paraná-Brazil. Analytical and exploratory retrospective study conducted between November 2013 and January 2014, with 106 records of elderly hypertensive who underwent nursing consultation in the past five years. Elderly females (73.5%), up to 70 years (61.3%), with a partner (57.5%) and up to 4 years of study (73.5%) accounted for most of the sample. The main complaints causing elderly hypertensive patients to seek health care focused on endocrine and nutritional diseases (36%). A significant association between sex and search the health service having hypertension as a major complaint, but no association was observed between complaints related to hypertension and number of interventions prescribed by nurses. The data revealed enable the planning of specific interventions to the needs of elderly hypertensive allowing adjustments in care.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4917Health of the ElderlyHypertensionHealth ServicesPrimary Health CareNursing.
spellingShingle Roberta Fernanda Rogonni Ferrari
Daysi Mara Murio Ribeiro
Fabiana Cristina Vidigal
Sonia Silva Marcon
Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi Baldissera
Ligia Carreira
Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care
Rev Rene
Health of the Elderly
Hypertension
Health Services
Primary Health Care
Nursing.
title Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care
title_full Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care
title_fullStr Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care
title_full_unstemmed Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care
title_short Reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care
title_sort reasons that led hypertensive elderly to seek assistance in primary care
topic Health of the Elderly
Hypertension
Health Services
Primary Health Care
Nursing.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4917
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