Comparação entre hipertensão autoreferida e pressão arterial casual e presença de fatores de risco em funcionários da saúde de Bauru e Jaú

Model: Prevalence study. Objectives: To evaluate the presence of self-reported hypertension to compare with blood pressure measurements. Besides, this work investigated health information level of workers and if the job position has any influence on blood pressure (BP). Methods: This study evaluated 349 health workers (44±10 years old) from Bauru and Jau cities, who answered some questions about history of health condition, use of medicines, past surgeries as well as social, scholar and physical conditions and had their blood pressure measured. Each subject selfreported as normotensive or hypertensive. Values of systolic >≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic PA >-90 mmHg were considered elevated. Among the health workers evaluated, 198 were submitted to thropometric and biochemical evaluations. Values are presented as means ± SD and frequency of distribution. It was used T-student test (p<0.05). Results: From all workers evaluated only 16% self-reported as hypertensive, which 56% presented high BP, however 91% used to take antihypertensive medicines. Among the 84% who self-reported as normotensive, 24% presented high BP and 8% used to take medicines. Although most of the employees of each section self-reported as normotensive, more than a half presented high BP and which was more common in the health’s section (76.3%). Conclusion: These results suggest that besides the majority of the employees self-reported as normotensive, an elevated number of health workers presented high blood pressure and used to take medicines appropriately,which indicates that they did not have enough knowledge about their health. Furthermore, it was observed that Health Section presented the higher blood pressure values.Modelo : Estudo de prevalência. Objetivos:  Avaliar a presença de hipertensão arterial auto-referida e comparar com os níveis de pressão arterial aferidos. Além sso, o trabalho se propôs a avaliar o grau de informação dos funcionários da saúde e determinar se o setor onde trabalha o funcionário influencia a Pressão Arterial (PA). Métodos: Foram avaliados 349 funcionários (46±10 anos) das cidades de Bauru e Jaú, que responderam uma anamnese (dados pessoais, condição socioeconômica, presença de doenças, prática de exercícios físicos e setor ocupacional) e foram submetidos a uma avaliação da PA. Os avaliados se auto-referiram normotensos ou hipertensos. Valores de PA Sistólica >140 mmHg e/ou PA diastólica >90 mmHg foram considerados elevados. Dentre os avaliados, 198 foram submetidos à avaliações antropométricas e bioquímicas. Os resultados são apresentados como média ± desvio padrão e distribuição de frequência. Utilizou-se teste “T- student”  (p<0,05). Resultados: Dentre os servidores, 16% se auto-referiram hipertensos, dos quais 56% apresentaram PA elevada e, destes, 91% utilizavam medicação antihipertensiva. Dentre os 84% que se auto-referiram normotensos, 24% apresentaram PA elevada e 8% tomavam medicamentos. A maioria dos funcionários de cada setor se autoreferiu normotenso, entretanto, grande parcela apresentou PA elevada, sendo esta mais frequente no setor “Saúde” (76,3%). Conclusão: Os resultados sugerem que apesar da maioria dos funcionários se classificar como normotensos, uma parcela expressiva apresentou PA elevada e fazia uso de medicamentos inadequadamente, indicando que não tinham conhecimento do seu estado de saúde. Além disso, observou-se que o setor “Saúde” foi aquele que apresentou os maiores valores de PA.

Comparação entre hipertensão autoreferida e pressão arterial casual e presença de fatores de risco em funcionários da saúde Bauru e Jaú

Model: Prevalence study. Objectives: To evaluate the presence of self-reported hypertension to compare with blood pressure measurements. Besides, this work investigated health information level of workers and if the job position has any influence on blood pressure (BP). Methods: This study evaluated 349 health workers (44±10 years old) from Bauru and Jau cities, who answered some questions about history of health condition, use of medicines, past surgeries as well as social, scholar and physical conditions and had their blood pressure measured. Each subject selfreported as normotensive or hypertensive. Values of systolic ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic PA ≥ 90 mmHg were considered elevated. Among the health workers evaluated, 198 were submitted to anthropometric and biochemical evaluations. Values are presented as means ± SD and frequency of distribution. It was used T-student test (p<0.05). Results: From all workers evaluated only 16% self-reported as hypertensive, which 56% presented high BP, however 91% used to take antihypertensive medicines. Among the 84% who self-reported as normotensive, 24% presented high BP and 8% used to take medicines. Although most of the employees of each section self-reported as normotensive, more than a half presented high BP and which was more common in the health's section (76.3%). Conclusion: These results suggest that besides the majority of the employees self-reported as normotensive, an elevated number of health workers presented high blood pressure and used to take medicines inappropriately, which indicates that they did not have enough knowledge about their health. Furthermore, it was observed that Health Section presented the higher blood pressure values