Profile of users registered in Hiperdia three units of basic health South of BrazilThe objective was to describe the profile of hypertensive and diabetic patients registered in the HiperDia system of the Ministry of Health in three basic units of Pelotas in southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This is a transversal study with quantitative approach. The research tool used was a form based in the registration form of the HiperDia system, this system provides important information about the served population. The collected data were entered in Epi-Info 6.04 program and analyzed in STATA 9.0 software. The population evaluated in the study is predominantly female, aged above 50 years. The more risk factors present were overweight, sedentary lifestyle habits, heredity and chronic cardiovascular complications. We concluded that the profile of the registered patients is similar to that found in the national database of SisHiperDia.
Public health; Hypertension; Diabetes Mellitus
