Social inequalities in the prevalence of chronic diseases and daily activities limitations: an analysis of 62,202 Brazilian people

Rodrigo de Novaes Lima; Antonio Fernando Boing; Alexandra Crispim Boing

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

Social inequalities in the prevalence of chronic diseases and daily activities limitations: an analysis of 62,202 Brazilian people

Rodrigo De Novaes Lima, Antonio Fernando Boing, Alexandra Crispim Boing

Abstract :

Objective: To evaluate the association between education and prevalence of chronic diseases and limitations of daily activities. Methods: Data were analyzed from the National Health Survey, conducted in 2013 in a representative sample of the azilian population. The studied conditions were hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to test the associations of outcomes with education, adjusting for sex, age, marital status and medical and hospital consultation. Results: lower education was associated with higher chances of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart disease and stroke (OR of stroke 2.76 , 95% CI 1.90 to 4.00 ). People with less education had also more limitation on daily activities in all studied diseases. People with less education also presented more limitation of daily activities in all diseases studied. Conclusion: The study found that not only the prevalence of chronic diseases is higher among those with less education, but there are clear positive association of socioeconomic status with the limitations of daily activities that cause diseases.