CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: RISK FACTORS IN ADOLESCENTS

Authors

  • Bartira Bezerra de Brito Estratégia de saúde da família do centro integrado de saúde. Fronteiras-PI-Brasil
  • Jéssica Denise Vieira Leal UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ
  • Laura Maria Feitosa Formiga UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ
  • Karoline de Macêdo Gonçalves Frota UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ
  • Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ
  • Luisa Helena de Oliveira Lima UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i2.41848

Keywords:

Cardiovascular diseases, Risk factors, Adolescents, Prevalence.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in adolescents in the city of Picos, in the state of Piauí, Brazil. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 151 adolescents. Data were collected from August to October of 2013 in private schools. The results showed that there are variations in blood pressure of 8.6% and 14.8% in men and women, respectively, with values from 90% to 95%, classifying as bordering high. The majority of the sample presented overweight. The lipid profile of the majority of the population studied was altered. Based on these facts, the development of prevention strategies for adolescents is necessary, aiming to promote healthy lifestyles, such as low-calorie diets and increase of physical activity.

Author Biographies

Bartira Bezerra de Brito, Estratégia de saúde da família do centro integrado de saúde. Fronteiras-PI-Brasil

ENFERMAGEM PEDIÁTRICA

Jéssica Denise Vieira Leal, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ

CURSO DE ENFERMAGEM, ENFERMAGEM PEDIÁTRICA

Laura Maria Feitosa Formiga, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ

CURSO DE ENFERMAGEM, SAÚDE DO IDOSO

Karoline de Macêdo Gonçalves Frota, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ

CURSO DE NUTRIÇÃO, NUTRIÇÃO EM SAÚDE PÚBLICA

Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ

CURSO DE ENFERMAGEM, DOENÇAS CRÔNICAS

Luisa Helena de Oliveira Lima, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PIAUÍ

CURSO DE ENFERMAGEM, ENFERMAGEM PEDIÁTRICA

Downloads

Published

2016-06-24

How to Cite

de Brito, B. B., Leal, J. D. V., Formiga, L. M. F., Frota, K. de M. G., da Silva, A. R. V., & Lima, L. H. de O. (2016). CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: RISK FACTORS IN ADOLESCENTS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i2.41848

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Original Articles

License

Cogitare Enfermagem reserves the right to make normative, orthographic, and grammatical changes to the published article to maintain the cultured standard of the language, while respecting the authors' style.

The published study is the sole responsibility of the author(s), and Cogitare Enfermagem is exclusively responsible for evaluating the manuscript as a scientific publication vehicle. Revista Cogitare Enfermagem is not responsible for any violations of Law No. 9,610/1998, the Brazilian Copyright Law.

Cogitare Enfermagem allows the author to hold the copyright of articles accepted for publication, without restrictions.

The articles published are licensed under the Creative Commons license CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International - CC BY 4.0 - The attribution adopted by Cogitare Enfermagem is permitted:

  • Share - copy and redistribute the material in any media or format.
  • Adapt - remix, transform and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
  • Attribution - You must give proper credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes have been made. You may do this in any reasonable way, but not in a way that suggests that the licensor endorses it or approves of its use.
  • No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing something that the license allows.