CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: THE POSSIBILITIES OF APPLICATION SELF-CARE

Abstract

It is a descriptive exploratory study, quantitative, whose objectives are to: characterize the population suffering from cardiovascular accidents attended a service of First Aid; identify factors of risk, and Building a database on cardiovascular diseases. The study population consisted of ninety-two patients in January 2007 in a public hospital, large-scale, a reference to emergency and trauma in the city of Natal / RN. Data collection was by carrying out structured interviews in the morning and afternoon shifts, with the average duration of ten minutes, guided by a pre-established. In the population studied, it is the predominance of women (60%); aged over seventy-five years (35%), married (45%); not literate (48%), and with a family income of Three-wage minimal (83%). As the practice for the self; 19% routinely eats fat, 18% make use of salt daily, 78% feeds off of pasta, 45% sweeten foods with sugar, 78% are sedentary, 8% is used for drinking ; 19% are smokers, 26% reported chest pain as the main complaint, 75% sought hospital care soon after the onset of the signs and symptoms, and 67% of those surveyed are aware of any risk factor associated with the development of cardiovascular diseases. It follows that the actual or potential threat of cardiovascular disease has a significant impact on people's lives, which justifies the need and stimulate the practice of self through the adoption of the education of patients and relatives. From this perspective, it is emphasized importance of a multidisciplinary practice with cognitive skills, technical and interpersonal, winning the care of the needs of self.