Saúde cardíaca dos jovens universitários: análise da percepção de risco

Abstract

The occurrence of cardiovascular diseases reverberate excessive socioeconomic spending for public health being responsible for high mortality rates in Brazil and worldwide. There is an evidence that individual lifestyle, defined as a set of beliefs, values and attitudes that are reflected in our behavior has a high impact on overall health, determining, for the vast majority of people, how sick or healthy they will be in the medium and long term. The cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) were analyzed in college students in the city of Manaus, to understand the behavioral profile related to health. It is cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive research, with a sample of young adults (n = 250), aged 18 to 30 years, both sexes, in different shifts and graduate courses. The instruments used were: socio-demographic questionnaire and the Multidimensional Scale of Locus of Health Control. The quantitative analysis was performed using the statistical package SPSS- version 17. In the sociodemographic questionnaire analysis, was predominance of females (71.6%), aged 18-24 (82%), unmarried (90.4%), do not work (76.3%), which do not have more than one job (90.1%), vacation from work once a year (44.6%), income 5-8 SMM (41.6%), Catholic religion (50%), practitioner (59.5%). Regarding the RCF, the modifiables with a predominance of Sedentary lifestyle (58.8%), non-modifiables, positive heritage with prevalence of diabetes (48%), hypertension (58.4%) and hypercholesterolemia (48.8%). In Scale of Locus of Health Control predominated the internality dimension in all courses: Psychology (M = 21.73), Nursing (M = 22.25), Architecture (M = 21.96) and Food Engineering (M = 22.4). In view of lack of CRF among college students, it is suggested to provide information and support for behavior change, assistance service, and goal setting as an integrate part of many educational programs