Clinical-epidemiological profile of the community in the Industrial District of the city of Aracaju-SE, Brazil

Authors

  • Olga Sueli Marques Moreira Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Karina Conceição Gomes de Araújo Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Paula Michele Santos Leite Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Lorena Cínthia Bezerra da Silva Braz Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Giulliani Antoniceli Moreira Brasileiro Universidade Tiradentes

Keywords:

population ageing, health profile, prevention

Abstract

The growth of the elderly population in Aracaju (state of Sergipe, Brazil) and the transition of the age structure are evidenced by changes in health profiles. The aim of the present study was to establish the clinical-epidemiological profile of the population in the Industrial District of the city of Aracaju as base for the implementation of future preventive and health promotion actions. One hundred thirty-three male and female individuals between 20 and 94 years of age were interviewed. The Bioestat program was used to determine central tendency measures and the percentage distribution of the following variables: age group, body mass index, sedentary lifestyle, smoking habits, gender, race, marital status and blood pressure. No direct association was found between sedentary lifestyle and obesity. The population in the neighborhood studied is undergoing a process of demographic transition and is mainly represented by individuals between 40 and 60 years of age. The epidemiological profile reveals that the population is represented by sedentary, obese, non-smoking males and females without hypertension. The largest portion of the population is made up of Mulattoes and married individuals.

Author Biographies

Olga Sueli Marques Moreira, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Olga Sueli Marques Moreira Fisioterapeuta. Especialista em neurologia pe Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB). Mestre e doutora em Fisioterapia pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos/SP (UFSCar)

Karina Conceição Gomes de Araújo, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Karina Conceição Gomes de Araújo professora de anatomia e neuroanatomia da Universidade Federal de Sergipe, depertamento de morfologia

Paula Michele Santos Leite, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Acadêmica do curso de Fisioterapia da UFS.

 

Núcleo de Fisioterapia da UFS

Área da Saúde

 

Lorena Cínthia Bezerra da Silva Braz, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Acadêmica do curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)

Núcleo de Fisioterapia da UFS

Área da Saúde

Giulliani Antoniceli Moreira Brasileiro, Universidade Tiradentes

Acadêmica do curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Tiradentes

 

Departamento de Fisioterapia da UNIT

Área da Saúde

 

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Published

2013-04-03

How to Cite

Moreira, O. S. M., de Araújo, K. C. G., Leite, P. M. S., da Silva Braz, L. C. B., & Brasileiro, G. A. M. (2013). Clinical-epidemiological profile of the community in the Industrial District of the city of Aracaju-SE, Brazil. Scientia Plena, 9(2). Retrieved from https://www.scientiaplena.org.br/sp/article/view/1161

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2013): February/Fevereiro 2013

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