Jênifa Cavalcante dos Santos Santiago

Association between overweight and characteristics of young adult students: support for nursing care

OBJECTIVE: to verify associations between overweight and the characteristics of young adult students to support nursing care. METHOD: case-control study conducted with young adults from public schools. The sample was composed of 441 participants (147 cases and 294 controls, with and without excess weight, respectively). Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected together with exposure factors and anthropometrics. Multiple logistic regression was used. The study received Institutional Review Board approval. RESULTS: statistically significant association with overweight: non-Caucasian, having a partner; weight gain during adolescence, mothers excess weight, the use of obesogenic medication, augmented diastolic blood pressure, of abdominal circumference and waist/hip ratio. In addition to these, schooling and weight gain during childhood were also included in the multivariate analysis. After adjustment, the final model included: having a partner, weight gain during adolescence, augmented diastolic blood pressure and abdominal circumference. CONCLUSION: the analysis of predictor variables for excess weight among young adult students supports nurses in planning and developing educational practices aimed to prevent this clinical condition, which is a risk factor for other chronic comorbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases.

Self-perceived health and clinical characteristics in young adult students from the brazilian northeast

Objetivo: Analisar a associacao entre a situacao socioeconomica, as caracteristicas clinicas referidas e o historico de doenca cardiovascular familiar, com a Autopercepcao da saude de escolares adultos jovens e suas implicacoes nas caracteristicas clinicas observadas. Metodo: Estudo analitico desenvolvido com 501 adultos jovens escolares de um interior do Nordeste brasileiro. Utilizou-se a regressao logistica binaria. Resultados: O modelo final explicou 83,3% da autopercepcao de saude positiva, confirmando associacao da Autopercepcao de saude com sexo masculino, moradia em comunidade, ter estilo de vida excelente/muito bom e nao ter ou nao saber que tem casos de AVC na familia. Conclusao: A percepcao de saude muitas vezes foi otimista, necessitando-se identificar os dispositivos a serem trabalhados para aproximar a sua percepcao de sua real condicao de saude, aumentando a eficacia das acoes de promocao da saude desenvolvidas pelos profissionais.OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between socioeconomic situation, clinical characteristics referred and the family history of cardiovascular disease, with the Self-perceived health of young adults education and their implications for clinical characteristics observed. METHOD Analytical study conducted with 501 young adults who are students in countryside city in the Brazilian Northeast. We used binary logistic regression. RESULTS The final model explained 83.3% of the self-perceived positive health, confirming the association of Self-perceived health with male, residence in the community, have excellent/very good lifestyle and does not have or do not know that there are cases of stroke in the family. CONCLUSION Health perception was often optimistic, being important to identify devices to be worked closer to their perception of their actual health condition, increasing the effectiveness of health promotion activities undertaken by professionals.

Associação entre excesso de peso e características de adultos jovens escolares: subsídio ao cuidado de enfermagem

OBJECTIVE: to verify associations between overweight and the characteristics of young adult students to support nursing care. METHOD: case-control study conducted with young adults from public schools. The sample was composed of 441 participants (147 cases and 294 controls, with and without excess weight, respectively). Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected together with exposure factors and anthropometrics. Multiple logistic regression was used. The study received Institutional Review Board approval. RESULTS: statistically significant association with overweight: non-Caucasian, having a partner; weight gain during adolescence, mothers excess weight, the use of obesogenic medication, augmented diastolic blood pressure, of abdominal circumference and waist/hip ratio. In addition to these, schooling and weight gain during childhood were also included in the multivariate analysis. After adjustment, the final model included: having a partner, weight gain during adolescence, augmented diastolic blood pressure and abdominal circumference. CONCLUSION: the analysis of predictor variables for excess weight among young adult students supports nurses in planning and developing educational practices aimed to prevent this clinical condition, which is a risk factor for other chronic comorbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases.

Body and health perception for obesity in young adults

Background: To identify the body and health perception and its relationship with obesity in a group of young adults. Methods: This is an analytical study performed on 1,073 young adults from Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, through a questionnaire whose data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and logistic regression. The Ethics Committee approved the study under opinion no 263.271/ 2013. Results: Results showed that women with obesity tended to perceive their condition more and evidenced greater body dissatisfaction than men. In addition, they were associated with obesity, self-perception of overweight and body satisfaction. Conclusion: Young people with obesity perceive their condition and are dissatisfied with it.

Excesso ponderal e marcadores de vulnerabilidade sociodemográfica em adultos jovens escolares

Objetivo Analisar o excesso ponderal (EP) em adultos jovens escolares a partir dos marcadores sociodemograficos da dimensao individual da vulnerabilidade. Metodos Estudo analitico, realizado com 560 adultos jovens de 26 escolas de um municipio nordestino brasileiro. O questionario aplicado para coleta de dados continha a variavel EP e as sociodemograficas, analisadas por medidas descritivas, de associacao e regressao logistica pelo metodo enter para ajuste do modelo. Resultados Houve maior proporcao de excesso ponderal nos jovens de 23 a 24 anos de idade, mulheres, de cor/raca diferente da branca, com religiao, com companheiros, com filhos, sem ocupacao, com renda individual e familiar maior que dois salarios minimos. O excesso ponderal apresentou associacao com situacao conjugal e filhos, que permaneceram no modelo final. Conclusao Ter companheiro e filhos torna o adulto jovem vulneravel ao EP. No entanto, ratifica-se que o agravo em questao e multideterminado e deve ser compreendido num contexto ampliado.

Asociación entre exceso de peso y características de adultos jóvenes escolares: contribución para el cuidado de enfermería

OBJECTIVE: to verify associations between overweight and the characteristics of young adult students to support nursing care. METHOD: case-control study conducted with young adults from public schools. The sample was composed of 441 participants (147 cases and 294 controls, with and without excess weight, respectively). Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected together with exposure factors and anthropometrics. Multiple logistic regression was used. The study received Institutional Review Board approval. RESULTS: statistically significant association with overweight: non-Caucasian, having a partner; weight gain during adolescence, mothers excess weight, the use of obesogenic medication, augmented diastolic blood pressure, of abdominal circumference and waist/hip ratio. In addition to these, schooling and weight gain during childhood were also included in the multivariate analysis. After adjustment, the final model included: having a partner, weight gain during adolescence, augmented diastolic blood pressure and abdominal circumference. CONCLUSION: the analysis of predictor variables for excess weight among young adult students supports nurses in planning and developing educational practices aimed to prevent this clinical condition, which is a risk factor for other chronic comorbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases.

Autopercepção de saúde e características clínicas em adultos jovens escolares de um interior do nordeste brasileiro

Objetivo: Analisar a associacao entre a situacao socioeconomica, as caracteristicas clinicas referidas e o historico de doenca cardiovascular familiar, com a Autopercepcao da saude de escolares adultos jovens e suas implicacoes nas caracteristicas clinicas observadas. Metodo: Estudo analitico desenvolvido com 501 adultos jovens escolares de um interior do Nordeste brasileiro. Utilizou-se a regressao logistica binaria. Resultados: O modelo final explicou 83,3% da autopercepcao de saude positiva, confirmando associacao da Autopercepcao de saude com sexo masculino, moradia em comunidade, ter estilo de vida excelente/muito bom e nao ter ou nao saber que tem casos de AVC na familia. Conclusao: A percepcao de saude muitas vezes foi otimista, necessitando-se identificar os dispositivos a serem trabalhados para aproximar a sua percepcao de sua real condicao de saude, aumentando a eficacia das acoes de promocao da saude desenvolvidas pelos profissionais.OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between socioeconomic situation, clinical characteristics referred and the family history of cardiovascular disease, with the Self-perceived health of young adults education and their implications for clinical characteristics observed. METHOD Analytical study conducted with 501 young adults who are students in countryside city in the Brazilian Northeast. We used binary logistic regression. RESULTS The final model explained 83.3% of the self-perceived positive health, confirming the association of Self-perceived health with male, residence in the community, have excellent/very good lifestyle and does not have or do not know that there are cases of stroke in the family. CONCLUSION Health perception was often optimistic, being important to identify devices to be worked closer to their perception of their actual health condition, increasing the effectiveness of health promotion activities undertaken by professionals.

Autopercepción de salud y características clínicas en estudiantes jóvenes adultos de una parte del interior del nordeste brasileño

Objetivo: Analisar a associacao entre a situacao socioeconomica, as caracteristicas clinicas referidas e o historico de doenca cardiovascular familiar, com a Autopercepcao da saude de escolares adultos jovens e suas implicacoes nas caracteristicas clinicas observadas. Metodo: Estudo analitico desenvolvido com 501 adultos jovens escolares de um interior do Nordeste brasileiro. Utilizou-se a regressao logistica binaria. Resultados: O modelo final explicou 83,3% da autopercepcao de saude positiva, confirmando associacao da Autopercepcao de saude com sexo masculino, moradia em comunidade, ter estilo de vida excelente/muito bom e nao ter ou nao saber que tem casos de AVC na familia. Conclusao: A percepcao de saude muitas vezes foi otimista, necessitando-se identificar os dispositivos a serem trabalhados para aproximar a sua percepcao de sua real condicao de saude, aumentando a eficacia das acoes de promocao da saude desenvolvidas pelos profissionais.OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between socioeconomic situation, clinical characteristics referred and the family history of cardiovascular disease, with the Self-perceived health of young adults education and their implications for clinical characteristics observed. METHOD Analytical study conducted with 501 young adults who are students in countryside city in the Brazilian Northeast. We used binary logistic regression. RESULTS The final model explained 83.3% of the self-perceived positive health, confirming the association of Self-perceived health with male, residence in the community, have excellent/very good lifestyle and does not have or do not know that there are cases of stroke in the family. CONCLUSION Health perception was often optimistic, being important to identify devices to be worked closer to their perception of their actual health condition, increasing the effectiveness of health promotion activities undertaken by professionals.