THE MEANING AND REPRESENTATION OF CHRONIC DISEASE: THE KNOWLEDGE OF HYPERTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR DISEASE
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https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i3.12964Keywords:
Hipertensão arterial, Doença crônica, Enfermagem=pt, Hypertension, Chronic disease, Nursing=en, Hipertensión arterial, Enfermedad crónica, Enfermería=esAbstract
It is a quanti-qualitative study held at a health center in Curitiba municipality/Brazil from November/2005 to
May/2008. The study aimed to identify and describe the knowledge on the disease of active users enrolled in the hypertension
program. Data were collected by means of a semi-structured interview with 69 users. Among the total participants, 45 were
female users, 36 of them between 41 and 60 years of age, and 37 with non-concluded elementary educational level. The
users knew, defined the disease and were aware of its main complications but this did not raise their knowledge of
hypertension as a chronic condition. The existence of the disease to users was represented by changes in consistency of
blood, heart arteries, and emotional state.
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