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0120/2018 - Failure in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of arterial hypertension among Brazilian elders – FIBRA Study.
Falha no diagnóstico e no tratamento medicamentoso da hipertensão arterial em idosos brasileiros – Estudo FIBRA.

Author:

• Mariana Reis Santimaria - Santimaria, MR - <marianaasreis@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Flávia Silva Arbex Borim - Borim, F.S.A - <flarbex@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7316-1145
• Daniel Eduardo da Cunha Leme - Leme, Daniel Eduardo da Cunha - <daniel.eduardo.7@hotmail.com>
• Anita Liberalesso Neri - Neri, A.L - <anitalbn@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-7668
• André Fattori - Fattori, André - <afattori@fcm.unicamp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-0876


Abstract:

The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of failures in diagnosis, the use of antihypertensive drugs and the efficacy of drug treatment in hypertension, and the association of these parameters with sociodemographic, health variables and access to health services among the elderly in the community. Descriptive, cross-sectional study with 3478 elderly peopledifferent regions of Brazil. The Pearson chi-square test was used to verify associations between outcomes and independent variables, and Poisson multiple regression to estimate crude and adjusted prevalence ratios. Of the total, 29.6% of the elderly presented diagnostic failures, 4.6% in antihypertensive use and 65.3% in drug efficacy. Failure to diagnose was associated with males, presence of morbidity, having a companion, race white, having access to the agreement or private health service, having lower/middle personal income and work. The failure to use antihypertensive was associated with lower/middle personal income and work. Failures in the management of hypertension are prevalent in the elderly in the community. There is a need for actions that minimize the negative impacts of these health deficiencies, in a country with social, economic and ethnic differences.

Keywords:

hypertension, elderly, health services accessibility, health vulnerability.

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Santimaria, MR, Borim, F.S.A, Leme, Daniel Eduardo da Cunha, Neri, A.L, Fattori, André. Failure in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of arterial hypertension among Brazilian elders – FIBRA Study.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/failure-in-the-diagnosis-and-pharmacological-treatment-of-arterial-hypertension-among-brazilian-elders-fibra-study/16653?id=16653



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