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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the occurrence of systemic hypertension in elderly in Cajazeiras County - PB. Methodology: descriptive study, exploratory, cross-sectional, of quantitative approach. A random sample totaled in 348 elderly assisted by Family Health Strategy – FHS at Cajazeiras County - PB. For the analysis, it was used a statistical package, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, descriptive simple statistics (frequency / percentage). Results: There was a high prevalence of hypertension (73.9%), there was a predominance of males (77.3%), higher incidence of hypertension among the elderly aged ≤ 71 (75.0%), live in rural areas (79.2%), live with his/her partner (77.4%) and income ≤ 1 minimum wage (76.1%). Conclusion: Health professionals, especially nurses, should understand the limitations and disabling aspects faced by the elderly, preventing proper treatment of hypertension and satisfactory lifestyle to disease prevention and health promotion, creating strategies to mitigate or remedy these difficulties.
Highlights
The aging of the population is accelerating worldwide
About marital status and income ( 1 MW) the percentages found in two subcategories of each of these 2 variables were practically equivalent No significant percentage differences between the groups
We emphasize that the maximum income found was to be up to three times the minimum wage and the minimum was less than the minimum wage
Summary
The aging of the population is accelerating worldwide. Comparing the last two censuses (2000 and 2010), it is noticed a significant increase in the elderly population. These, in the year 2000, showed 14.5 million of Brazilians aged above 60 years, which corresponded to 8.6% of the total population of the country [1]. Brazil has more than 20.5 million people over 60 years of age, which represents more than 10% of brazilian population. The numbers show that the aging of brazilian population is due, mainly, to two factors: the reflection of the increase in life expectancy, due to expansion of assistance in health and reducing of the birth rate. There is a projection for 2025 of about 30 million elderly [1]
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