Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: RAUANY BARRÊTO FEITOZA

ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH CONDITIONS AND FUNCTIONALITY OF WOMEN RESIDENTS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA CRUZ

Keywords: epidemiological surveys, Women's health, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

Introduction: Women are the most frequent users of health services, but throughout history their health rights have not always been respected. The reality of the multiplicity of functions, added to socioeconomic factors, can predispose women to more attacks, which can impact their functionality. Population surveys help to outline the profile of a population, being extremely important in tracing goals and public policies. However, few surveys in Brazil are aimed at knowing the functionality of the population and especially the female population. Objectives: To evaluate the health and functionality conditions of women living in the city of Santa Cruz through the Model Disability survel-MDS. Material and methods: This is a cross-sectional observational, population-based, quantitative study. This study is part of the project that was developed by the Research and Innovation Network in Functionality, Health and Sustainable Development Goals (FUSÃO Network). 385 women were included for this analysis, the analyzed variables were functionality through module 4000 and health conditions in module 5000. Result: Most of the interviewees were over 65 years old (23.6%), were married (38, 7%) and brown (44.7%). They did not mention having their performance compromised, mostly due to their health conditions. Among the most reported difficulties is the presence of body pain (69.6%), feeling anxious or nervous because of their health condition (61%) and remembering something, where 41% of women reported having some difficulty. 67.8% of women reported having 1 to 4 health conditions. Of these, the most frequent were hypertension (40%), back pain or herniated disc and loss of vision, both with 32.5% and problems sleeping (20%). Conclusion: Health conditions seem to interfere little in women's performance.