ANÁLISE DA PRESSÃO ARTERIAL DOMICILIAR E NO TRABALHO DE AUXILIARES DE ENFERMAGEM DE UM HOSPITAL DE ENSINO

• Published in: Colloquium Vitae Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 100 - 108
• Main Authors: Cavalcante, Margaret Assad, Cavalcante, José Rafael Assad, Barros, Maria Nilda Camargo de, Bombig, Maria Teresa, Póvoa, Rui, Lopes, Francis Silva, Cavalcante, José Rodolfo Assad, Pimentel Filho, Fernando Rodrigues
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Universidade do Oeste Paulista 15-12-2009
• Subjects: Blood pressure; Monitoring; Nursing assistants
• ISSN: 1984-6436; 1984-6436
• DOI: 10.5747/cv.2009.v01.n2.v015

The aim of this study was to compare the professional nursing auxiliaries’ blood pressure in two different moments of time. The first measure was during the work and the second during the rest (out of work). Thirty one nursing auxiliaries of a hospital were included in the study. They have worked for 12 hours and rested for 36 hours. It was used a digital equipment of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM) to verify the blood pressure. The equipment was properly calibrated. Each professional received equipment of RMBP to use it after training. The person verified the blood pressure during 3 days of work and 3 days of rest in 3 schedules in the morning. The data was analyzed by Student t test, at the significance level of 0.05. In relation to the people who participated of the research 80.65% were women and 19.35% men. The age group of larger prevalence was from 31 to 40 years (45.12%). None of the participants of the research used to smoke, to drink alcoholic drinks or to have preexistent diseases. The means of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) of the work were 115.55 ± 9.66 mmHg and 73.97± 7.50 mmHg, respectively, and at home they were 114.39 ± 9.10 mmHg and 72.77 ± 7.88 mmHg. The heart rate (HR) at work was 83.65 ± 9.50 bpm and at home 79.23 ± 6.92 bpm (p<0,05). The data doesn't evidence significant statistical difference among the SBP and DBP in the moments, however it was observed a significant increase of the heart rate during the work period.