Avaliação da qualidade de vida em adultos e idosos hipertensos que utilizam medicação anti-hipertensiva

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Systemic arterial hypertension is a multi-factorial disease which is usually detected late, and which presents a prolonged and asymptomatic course. It's esteemed that in Brazil 30% of the population over 40 years old might have high blood pressure. A challenge in the diagnosis and control of the arterial hypertension (AH) is to know the impact of this disease and its treatment on the individual's life. It has been shown that with knowledge of the diagnosis of HAS, people related changes in their quality of life (QoL). The present study evaluated the QoL of adults and elderly with AH submitted to pharmacological treatment, considering the co-morbidities; the association of drugs; the practice of physical exercise; and blood pressure control or not. It's a descriptive research with a convenience sample of both genders in drug treatment. It was used as criteria for exclusion to present difficulty to maintain verbal communication and the disorders resulting from hypertension. The following

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