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SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND BLOOD PRESSURE VALUES OF RESIDENTS IN THE PARQUE AMAZÔNIA COMMUNITY, BELEM-PA

AGDA MORGANA ALVES ALVES 1 ; FRANCISCO ELIVELTON FERREIRA DE ANDRADE 1 ; GABRIELLY RODRIGUES MOURA 2 ; LANA CARLA FERNANDES DE ALBUQUERQUE 1 ; LORENA DE NAZARE DOS REIS E SILVA GOMES 1 ; LUCIANO MOURA DE ASSUNÇÃO 1 ; MARCIO YAGO CORREA GAIA 1 ; MARIA DE NAZARE ALVES DE LIMA 3 ; MAYRA ABRAHÃO NEGRÃO 2 ; ROSANGELA CAMILA MACIEL MAIA 1 ; ROSEANE BORNER DE OLIVEIRA 4 ; SAVIO DIEGO DO NASCIMENTO CAVALCANTE 1 ; VELUMA PRISCILA DUARTE CORREA 1
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Background & Aim: In the state of Pará (PA) - Brazil, data from the Primary Care Information System (SIAB), shows that 82,625 people were registered with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) in November 2015. In Belém-PA, 15,000 people were registered with SAH. The main risk factors for this chronic disease are: age, gender, ethnicity, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, alcoholism and smoking. Based on these observations this study’s objectives are to analyze blood pressure levels and the prevalence of SAH and its risk factors in the community residents of Parque Amazônia, in Belém-PA. Methods: We applied individual questionnaires researching already diagnosed SAH and the risk factors associated with the disease. The study measured the blood pressure of a cohort of 102 residents over the age of 18 years in Parque Amazônia community. Results & Conclusion: The study sample consisted of 21.42% of hypertensive patients previously diagnosed and 35.71% of the cohort had high blood pressure values at the time of the survey. Among the subjects studied 54% were over 40 years of age; 69.05% were women; 14.28% were black, 73.80%, brown and 11.90%, white. 7.14% were smokers while 50% former smokers; 16.66% were consumers of alcoholic beverages; 21.42% had a BMI above 30 kg/m² (obese); and 42.86% declared themselves as sedentary. The considerable prevalence of SAH and its risk factors highlight the importance of strengthening the health and education measures aimed at prevention and health promotion in primary care to minimize and control these rates.