Association between cardiovascular diseases and hospitalization among patients users of the Brazilian National Health System

Study Design: Cross-sectional. Objective of the study: To investigate the relationship between cardiovascular disease and hospitalizations among users of the Brazilian Public Healthcare System of Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil. Methods: The sample was composed by patients from two Basic Healthcare Units of Presidente Prudente / SP. Hospitalizations, presence of disease, habitual physical activity, body mass index and blood pressure measures were the variables analyzed. Spearman correlation indicated relationship between variables and statistical significance was set at p-value < 5%. Results: 514 adults of both sexes were interviewed. The occurrence of hospitalization in the previous year was 14.9%. There was relationship between habitual physical activity, diagnosis of hypertension, arrhythmia and stroke with number of days hospitalized. After adjustment for confounders, patients with two and three/four diagnostic for cardiovascular diseases were more frequent hospitalized compared to patients without diagnoses. Conclusion: It was found relationship between hospitalizations and diagnosis of hypertension, arrhythmia, stroke and lower levels of habitual physical activity among patients users of the public healthcare system in Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil