The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health education

Arterial hypertension is controlled with healthy life style. This qualitative descriptive study aimed at describing the perception of the 21 hypertensive elderly about lifestyle, for the control of hypertension, attending a daycare center called Lar da Melhor Idade, in Aquiraz-CE. The age of the eld...

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Main Authors: Juliana Lima Fonteles, Zélia Maria de Sousa Araújo Santos, Marlucilena Pinheiro da Silva
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2009-06-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4812
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Zélia Maria de Sousa Araújo Santos
Marlucilena Pinheiro da Silva
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description Arterial hypertension is controlled with healthy life style. This qualitative descriptive study aimed at describing the perception of the 21 hypertensive elderly about lifestyle, for the control of hypertension, attending a daycare center called Lar da Melhor Idade, in Aquiraz-CE. The age of the elderly varied between 60 and 83 years. Six of them were man and fifteen were women. For those, the lifestyle consisted of a set of acts and attitudes concerning the daily reality of each one, regarding survival issues such as working, sleeping, resting, eating and economic situation. Eight elderly subjects associated healthy lifestyle to the consumption of healthy food, to health, to well being, to leisure, to regular practice of physical exercise and to alcohol and tobacco abstinence. Therefore, the healthy lifestyle in the conception of the subject exceeded the health matter and emerged from their beliefs, principles, and their socioeconomic conditions.  
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spelling doaj-art-6fb298bb58be407597ea31b8e732d16a2025-08-21T13:48:42ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832009-06-01103The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health educationJuliana Lima FontelesZélia Maria de Sousa Araújo SantosMarlucilena Pinheiro da SilvaArterial hypertension is controlled with healthy life style. This qualitative descriptive study aimed at describing the perception of the 21 hypertensive elderly about lifestyle, for the control of hypertension, attending a daycare center called Lar da Melhor Idade, in Aquiraz-CE. The age of the elderly varied between 60 and 83 years. Six of them were man and fifteen were women. For those, the lifestyle consisted of a set of acts and attitudes concerning the daily reality of each one, regarding survival issues such as working, sleeping, resting, eating and economic situation. Eight elderly subjects associated healthy lifestyle to the consumption of healthy food, to health, to well being, to leisure, to regular practice of physical exercise and to alcohol and tobacco abstinence. Therefore, the healthy lifestyle in the conception of the subject exceeded the health matter and emerged from their beliefs, principles, and their socioeconomic conditions.  https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4812Life styleHealth of the elderlyHypertensionHealth care.
spellingShingle Juliana Lima Fonteles
Zélia Maria de Sousa Araújo Santos
Marlucilena Pinheiro da Silva
The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health education
Rev Rene
Life style
Health of the elderly
Hypertension
Health care.
title The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health education
title_full The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health education
title_fullStr The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health education
title_full_unstemmed The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health education
title_short The lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly – an analysis focusing on health education
title_sort lifestyle of institutionalized hypertensive elderly an analysis focusing on health education
topic Life style
Health of the elderly
Hypertension
Health care.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4812
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