Abstract
Resumo Objetivo Comparar o conhecimento sobre fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares antes e após intervenção educativa realizada com homens metalúrgicos. Métodos Estudo de intervenção, realizado com 135 metalúrgicos, com idades entre 18 e 70 anos. O conhecimento sobre doenças cardiovasculares foi determinado pelo questionário Heart Disease Fact Questionnaire (HDFQ-2). Foram utilizados testes t de Student para amostras independentes e de Mann-Whitney, na comparação entre grupos, e testes t de Student para amostras dependentes e de Wilcoxon, na avaliação pareada. Resultados Tanto no grupo intervenção quanto no controle houve aumento estatisticamente significativo de 1,4 pontos na média do conhecimento entre o momento de base e o de seguimento. Conclusão A intervenção educativa, realizada em grupo, no local de trabalho e em horário de almoço, mostrou-se uma estratégia possível e eficaz para aumentar o conhecimento de homens sobre fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares.
Highlights
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) still prevail as the main cause of death and disability in Brazil and around the world
The knowledge on cardiovascular diseases was determined by means of the Heart Disease Fact Questionnaire (HDFQ-2)
The work environment can serve as a favorable scenario for health promotion, because it constitutes a privileged space for health promotion in the 21st century, since it directly influences the workers’ physical, mental, economic and social wellbeing and, the health of their families, community and society as a whole.[6]
Summary
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) still prevail as the main cause of death and disability in Brazil and around the world. Estimates appoint that these data will increase to 23.3 million in 2030.(1) health promotion and CVD prevention actions are fundamental for the sake of modifications in this epidemiological profile Among these actions, activities aimed at increasing the population’s knowledge on risk factors for chronic conditions stand out,(2,3) as this empowers them for lifestyle changes[4] and, can be useful to improve the quality of life, avoid the emergence of a problem and influence the search for treatment when the disease has already established.[3]. It should be highlighted that, in the specific case of the male public, the strategy of undertaking health promotion in the work environment is relevant because many men allege that the opening hours of the health services coincide with their work hours, impeding their search for care.[9,10]
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