THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AT PRIMARY CARE CENTER, ANANINDEUA - PARá

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of hypertensive patients enrolled in a Family Health Strategy. Method: Analytical cross. Data collection was performed by using two questionnaires, one being the Minichal-Brazil, and the other on the clinical and socioeconomic aspects of the patient. Results: The majority of patients were women, aged over 40 years, earning up to three minimum wages and elementary and middle school level. Of the respondents, 62.50% had normal blood pressure and 83.00% correctly reported following treatment. At comorbidities were dyslipidemia (35.10%), overweight (47.00%), obesity (28.19%) and diabetes (22.52%), and 74.34% reported a family history of cardiovascular disease. It was observed that sex, blood pressure and correct treatment showed influences the quality of life of hypertensive patients (p<0.05). In contrast we did not observe an association with quali of life variables: monthly income (p=0.0377), education (p=0.5011), family history (p = 0.6309), time since diagnosis (p=0.1317) or the fact consume no alcohol or smoking (p=0.1508), comorbidity (p=0.3460), age (p= 0.1253) and BMI (p = 0.5829). Conclusion: We found that patients who presented alone variables: female gender, uncontrolled blood pressure and non-adherence to treatment showed lower level of quality of life.