RISK FACTORS FOR ACUTE MYOCRADIAL INFARCTION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS REGISTERED IN THE HIPERDIA PROGRAM

Authors

  • Raul Henrique Oliveira Pinheiro Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro
  • Maria Cristina Umpiérrez Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro
  • Evani Marques Pereira Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro
  • Maria Emilia Marcondes Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v18i1.26366

Keywords:

Aged, Risk factors, Myocardial infarction, Nursing.

Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to identify the prevalence of the risk factors related to Acute Myocardial Infarction in 258 elderly patients registered in the Hyperdia program in three health centers in Guaparava, in the state of Parana. The data was collected in the patients’ homes in the period June 2010 to July 2011, using a semi-structured questionnaire, and was analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics. The results showed that 72.49% were women, with an average age of 72.2 years. The following were evidenced as risk factors: sedentarism (55.81%), heredity (53.87%), hypercaloric intake (27.51%), smoking (25.58%), obesity (24.8%) and alcoholism (8.52%). Considering that the majority of these are modifiable risk factors, the importance of strategies which re-orient and direct control actions beyond medicalization stands out, taking into account the elderly people’s particular characteristics in health education actions.

Author Biographies

Raul Henrique Oliveira Pinheiro, Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro

Departamento de enfermagem, assitência de enfermagem em cardiologia!

Maria Cristina Umpiérrez, Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro

Departamento de enfermagem, saúde do idoso

Evani Marques Pereira, Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro

Departamento de enfermagem, saúde do idoso

Maria Emilia Marcondes, Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste do Paraná - Unicentro

Departamento de enfermage, saúde do idoso

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Published

2013-03-28

How to Cite

Pinheiro, R. H. O., Umpiérrez, M. C., Pereira, E. M., & Marcondes, M. E. (2013). RISK FACTORS FOR ACUTE MYOCRADIAL INFARCTION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS REGISTERED IN THE HIPERDIA PROGRAM. Cogitare Enfermagem, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v18i1.26366

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2013)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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