Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira1, Jênifa Cavalcante Dos Santos Santiago2, Gizelton Pereira Alencar3. 1. Clinical Nursing Health Care Program and the Community Health Program, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. 2. Clinical Nursing Health Care Program, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. 3. School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
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.
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.