Abstract
The hypertension is a well know problem and associated with a high salt consuming is one of the commonest chronic diseases.To measure the impact of this consuming it has been applied the methodology provided by the Business Case tool (BC Tool), in a Portuguese foundation for elderly, in order to contribute for Intervention Plan for the reduction of hypertension which aims to reduce salt consumption in the Portuguese population and to improve the control of Hypertension through a phased reduction in salt consumption.This objective has been achieved by changing the availability of foods with lower salt contents and by decreasing the addition of salt in cooking. The results of these measures provided a substantial benefit in terms of Benefits Measurements and Cost Analysis besides the results of SROI measurement in order to obtain the social benefits of this initiative of the Intervention plan to reduce hypertension. Along these results it has been collected the suggestions for improvements that would allow the Sarah Beirão Foundation's response to the needs of its users to be improved
Highlights
The elevated blood pressure is responsible, globally, for 62% of cerebrovascular disease and 49% of ischaemic heart disease (Ha, 2014)
To measure the impact of salt consumption, the methodology provided by the business case tool (BC Tool) has been applied in a Portuguese foundation for the elderly in order to contribute to the intervention plan for the reduction of hypertension, which aims to reduce salt consumption in the Portuguese population and to improve the control of hypertension through a phased reduction in salt consumption
This objective has been achieved by changing the availability of foods with lower salt content and by decreasing the addition of salt in cooking. The results of these measures provided a substantial benefit in terms of benefits measurements and cost analysis besides the results of Social Return on Investment (SROI) measurement in order to obtain the social benefits of this initiative of the intervention plan to reduce hypertension
Summary
The elevated blood pressure is responsible, globally, for 62% of cerebrovascular disease and 49% of ischaemic heart disease (Ha, 2014). Is well known that salt excessive consumption is one of the most important factors of high blood pressure and increased cardiovascular risk (Cappuccio, 2013). The hypertension is one of the main causes of excessive consumption of salt ( known by its chemical name, sodio chloride), which is evident by several epidemiological, experimental, and clinical studies which positively correlates with excessive salt consumption (Alawwa et al, 2018). The hypertension, associated with consumption of salt, studied in this paper is one of the commonest chronic diseases (Singh et al, 2016) and is usually accompanied by several other diseases associated, such as hearth and vascular disease, stroke and renal failure (Turner et al, 2008)
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