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[Association between self-reported health and sociodemographic characteristics with cardiovascular diseases in
Guilherme Oliveira de Arruda1, Aliny de Lima Santos1, Elen Ferraz Teston1
1State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
Objective:
To assess the association of sociodemographic and self-rated health in the presence of cardiovascular diseases and the association of this perception with the type of disease.
Methods:
A cross-sectional population survey study carried out with 1,232 individuals aged between 20 and 59 years of both genders living in the metropolitan region of Maringá-PR. Data were analyzed using multiple and simple logistic regression.
Results:
In multivariate analysis, the age range and self-rated health were associated with cardiovascular disease, and in the univariate analysis self-rated regular health was associated with arterial hypertension, while self-rated poor health was associated to heart failure, stroke, and to acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Conclusion:
The differences in association of self-rated health with these diseases can indicate how individuals with certain characteristics cope with the disease, allowing for more individualized and specific health care.
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