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Quality of life for diabetic and hypertensious individual accompanied by the family health team

The present work aimed to describe the epidemiologic profile and evaluate the quality of life among individuals suffering from Diabetes mellitus and hypertension, accompanied by a Family Health team. It is a monitorial study of transversal investigation. Descriptive statistics and WHOQOL-bref syntax were used for data analysis. The data was collected by HIPERDIA cards, as well as by interviews to make use the WHOQOL-bref. Thirty people with associative hypertension and diabetes, 75% type 2 and 25% type 1, were interviewed. The average age was 56 years old, with the majority not having completed grade school (56.7%) and illiterate (33.3%). The majority (80.6%) of those interviewed use medications, 19.4% smoked regularly, 27.8% didn't exercise, and 47.2% were obese. The individuals presented in general a positive evaluation of their overall life quality and for the domains: social relationships, physical, psychological, and environment, completely opposite that expected.

Quality of life; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Family health


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