People in alcoholism recovery
assessment of cardiovascular risk factors
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v5i2p1-18Keywords:
Hypertension, Alcoholism, NursingAbstract
This descriptive and quantitative study aimed to evaluate the cardiovascular risk factors for people in alcoholism recovery in Fortaleza, state of Ceara, Brazil. In total, 62 people participated in the study. It was found that 58.7% of participants were overweight or obese, 63.3% had increased waist circumference, 50% reported consumption of industrialized sources of salt, 57.4% did not practiced physical exercises, 59.6% admitted to get stressed easily; 74.2% reported current or previous use of tobacco. Besides use of alcohol, other factors related to the development of cardiovascular diseases were present in the subjects of the study.
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2009-08-01
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Sousa, F. F. A., Abreu, R. N. D. C. de, Costa, F. L. P. da, Brito, E. M. de, Vasconcelos, S. M. M., Escudeiro, S. de S., Moreira, T. M. M., & Monteiro, M. G. S. (2009). People in alcoholism recovery: assessment of cardiovascular risk factors. SMAD Revista Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool E Drogas (Edição Em Português), 5(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v5i2p1-18