Basic human needs affected for arterial hypertension and lifestyle - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2003.p21

Abstract

Knowing that hypertension is a chronic disease, in which the individual may have his basic needs changed, resulting in having to learn to deal with a new life-style, we considered it appropriate to study this theme. It was designed to identify the affected basic needs and to discover the influence of life-style and of hypertension in alteration of those needs. The study is a descriptive-exploratory, accomplished at the Campus of a State Public University in Fortaleza – Ceará, Brazil. This study used as an instrument of data collection in the interview route the “Theory of Basic Human Needs” by Wanda Horta. The sample of this study consists of 30 employees of the university restaurent that answered a questionair. The study used a quantitative methodology and the speechs were classified in thematic units according to Bardin. The balance of those needs was focused, which is important for the blood pressure control, emphasizing sleep, rest, nutrition, socioeconomic condition and physical health.