Data on Collective Health Research Reported by Researchers at University of Santa Cruz do Sul (Quality of Life: Impacts of a Health Promotion Program In the Supplementary Health Sector)

摘要

2021 SEP 23 (NewsRx) - By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily - Researchers detail new data in Health and Medicine - Collective Health Research. According to news reporting originating from Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "The objective of this study was to compare quality of life indicators and clinical parameters among individuals participating in a cardiovascular health promotion program in the supplementary health sector. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 251 program participants living in the regions covered by the Vale do Taquari and Vale do Rio Pardo regional development councils in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil." Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Santa Cruz do Sul, "Quality of life was assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Participants were predominantly women and elderly and had high cardiovascular risk (37.8%) and good self-reported quality of life. The clinical parameter means were body mass index obesity class I, normal blood pressure and lipid profile and adequate fasting blood sugar level. The results of the reassessment after one year showed a significant reduction in mean triglycerides (p = 0.031), diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.000) and systolic blood pressure (p = 0.013), and a significant increase in the mean score for the general domain of the WHOQOL-BREF (p = 0.004)."