Qualidade de vida em adolescentes: Avaliação da sua relação com o estilo de vida e o risco cardiovascular

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Diogo Rodrigues
• Orientador(a): Carvalho, Danielle Franklin de
• Banca de defesa: Soares, Renata de Souza Coelho , Adriano, Wellington Sabino
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública - PPGSP
• Departamento: Pró-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa - PRPGP
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Adolescentes; Risco cardiovascular; Qualidade de vida
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Teenagers; Cardiovascular risk; Quality of life
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: SAUDE COLETIVA::SAUDE PUBLICA
• Link de acesso: http://tede.bc.uepb.edu.br/tede/jspui/handle/tede/2564

Introduction: the quality of life in adolescents is an important public health indicator. It is strongly associated with lifestyle and could have implications as the development of cardiovascular disease. Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of adolescents and their relationship with the lifestyle and cardiovascular risk by pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth score (PDAY). Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in public secondary schools in the urban area of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil, with 572 teenagers Data collection occurred between September/2012 and June/2013, through form (socioeconomic, demographic, lifestyle); WHOQOL-BREF, to the study of quality of life; anthropometry (weight and height), check blood pressure and blood collection (HDL cholesterol and non-HDL, fasting glucose and glycated hemoglobin HbA1c). Descriptive analysis was performed using the Pearson chi-square and Fisher's exact test. 5% significance level was adopted. Results: According to the PDAY score, 10.4% of adolescents had high cardiovascular risk; 31.8% intermediate risk and 57.8% low risk. Most teens expressed satisfaction with the quality of life (QOL) and the general state of health. But when the facets addressed, they began to self assess how indifferent or dissatisfied. There was relationship of QOL with physical activity and the non-HDL cholesterol. Conclusion: there was divergence in the perception of QOL and health, according to the approach used. It is more satisfying, when treated generally dissatisfied and, when evaluated by facets.