ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SLEEP QUALITY AND IDEAL CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH IN HYPERTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS
Keywords: Ideal cardiovascular health; Sleep; Systemic Arterial Hypertension; Healthy lifestyle.
Introduction: Systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) is a multifactorial disease characterized by high and sustained blood pressure, affecting approximately 27.9% of the Brazilian population. Associated with target organ damage and serious diseases, SAH has modifiable (lifestyle) and non-modifiable (genetic) risk factors. Strategies such as the AHA's "Life's Simple 8", which include diet, body composition, nicotine exposure, BP control, cholesterol, blood glucose, physical activity and sleep quality, are essential for prevention and control. Aim: To investigate whether there is an association between sleep pattern, quality and duration and ideal cardiovascular health in hypertensive individuals. Methods: This is an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study, with a minimum sample of 314 participants for convenience, composed of pre-hypertensive and hypertensive individuals, of both genders, aged between 18 and 70 years. Sociodemographic and clinical data will be collected through interviews. Vital signs and anthropometric measurements will be measured, in addition to ideal cardiovascular health using the Life’s 8 score. Sleep quality will be assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and daytime sleepiness using the Epworth Scale. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Analyses will include t-tests, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis tests, and logistic regression. GraphPad Prism version 8.0 software will be used for analysis, considering p < 0.05 as significant. Expected Results: We hope to better understand whether there is an association between sleep quality and ideal cardiovascular health in hypertensive individuals, in order to outline strategies for a better lifestyle and its impact on the cardiovascular health of these individuals.