Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Jul 2015)
Risk mesurement of cardiovascular disease in family health strategy users
Abstract
Aim: To quantify the risk on the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases in Family Health Strategy users. Method: quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive and cross-cut time study. For quantification of risk the Framingham General Cardiovascular Disease software was used. Results: 52 subjects were interviewed, 6 of them presented a degree of risk appropriated for their age, 27 had a high level risk for their age and 19 high-risk for their age. Conclusion: risk quantification enables the view on a situation, and thus to draw action plans for intervention
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