Family with systemic arterial hypertension: epidemiological profile
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2022.392.11211Keywords:
Arterial hypertension, Family, Epidemiological profile, Role, Health Services, EpidemiologyAbstract
The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological profile of the family with systemic arterial hypertension. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 268 families with this disease, the epidemiological profile included seven dimensions, sociodemographic, economic, family functionality, life cycle, family roles, health and use of services. The mean age of the families was 49.09 (SD: 15.57) years; 47.0% of the families had paid economic activity, 65.0% were functional, 52.4% were in the retirement and death stages, 43.1% presented obesity, in 50.0% the predominant role of the hypertensive patient was assumed by the mother, and the average annual number of family medicine consultations
was 10.37 (SD: 4.31). The family with arterial hypertension is functional, although most of them are in the stage of retirement and death.
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