Abstract

RELVAS, Antonieta Pereira; CAMARGO, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha; BASANO, Sergio de Almeida  and  CAMARGO, Luís Marcelo Aranha. Prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases and their associated factors in adults over 39 years in riverside population in the western brazilian amazon region. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2022, vol.32, n.1, pp. 55-63. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36311/jhgd.v32.11323.

BACKGROUNG: The prevalence of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease (CND) are rocketting over the world, including in young adults. The WHO estimates that more than half of the deaths in the world are caused by CND A cross-sectional study was carried out from june to november 2016. The researchers visited 16 communities, with a sample size of 183 adult individuals performed for convenience. The patients went through screening and verified: weight, height, abdominal circumference, blood pressure, clinical-epidemiological history and performed physical and laboratory examination. Prevalence ratios were calculated with confidence intervals of 95% and with statistical significance with p<0.05. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of CND and its associated factors in the adult riverside population of the Rio Madeira in Humaitá, Amazonas State, Western Brazilian Amazon. The prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) was 44.7%, 52.6% in female. Of the individuals with SAH, 77.5% did not use medication. About 51.5% of them had Grade I SAH. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus was 16.4%, where no patient used medication and about 40.4% of the studied population fits in the glucose intolerance range. Metabolic syndrome presented a prevalence of 24.0%, with a higher frequency in females (33.8%) (p=0.007). Concerning chronic kidney disease, a prevalence of 12.1% was observed in both sexes. The associated factors found were alcoholism, smoking, sedentary lifestyle and obesity, and more than 45% of the patients had at least two associated factors. The population had a high prevalence of CND and associated factors, low frequency of medication use, revealing inefficiency of the local health system. Increased coverage of the Governmental Family Health Strategy (GFHS) and the increase in number of trained Community Health Assistants , together with health education actions can increase the population's health standard.

Keywords : chronic noncommunicable disease; riverside population; Brazilian Western Amazon.

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