Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:25:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Doutorado_Weimar.pdf: 484393 bytes, checksum: 59b32a839f56d00aaf124aa5a3a7eb23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-13 / The casual measurement of blood pressure (BP) is subjected to a great variability, it is interesting to seek new methods that can either contribute to adhesion to hypertension treatment or overcome the limitation of this variability. It was evaluated if the insertion of self measured blood pressure (SMBP) in the routine of treatment of hypertensive patients favors the improvement in adhesion, on BP control and metabolic profile in patients accompanied at the Arterial Hypertension League. The study included 57 patients, 38 in Study Group (SG) and 19 in Control Group (CG), followed by 12 months. They were assessed at randomization (V1), the sixth months (V2) and twelfth months (V3). Comparing the averages of the BP by casual measurements and by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement (ABPM), laboratory tests and the answers to the questionnaire about the lifestyle.It was used the instruments: OMRON HEM 714 for SMBP, OMRON 705 CP to casual measurement and Monitor SPACELABS 9002 to the ABPM. The average age was 62.05 ± 10.78 years and 55.42 ± 11.87 in the SG and CG (p = 0.03) respectively. The values of Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) by casual measurements in the SG and CG were 140.01± 16.73 mmHg and 141.79± 23.21 mmHg in V1 (p = 0.72), 135.49± 12.73 mmHg and 145.69± 19.31 mmHg in V2 (p = 0.02) and 131.64± 19.28 mmHg and 134.88± 23.21 mmHg in V3 (p = 0.59). For Diastolic Blood Pressure x viii (DBP) the values were 84,13±10,71mmHg and 86,29±10,35mmHg in V1 (p=0,47), 81,69±10,88mmHg and 89,61±11,58mmHg in V2 (p=0,02), 80,31±11,83mmHg and 86±13,38mmHg in V3 (p=0,12).The SG patients showed adhesion to non-pharmacological treatment similar to the CG, but they had better adhesion to medicine treatment and used fewer antihypertensive drugs. There was no difference between groups in the comparison of renal function and metabolic profile (glucose, cholesterol and creatinine). To compare and correlate the levels of BP obtained by SMBP with casual measurement and ABPM were evaluated 32 hypertensive patients who performed the three methods of BP measurement within a smaller range 30 days. The average values of SBP and DBP for SMBP were 134±15.71 mmHg and 79.32±12.38 mmHg. In the casual measurement averages of SBP and DBP were respectively 140.84±16.15mmHg and 85±9.68mmHg. The average values of ABPM during daytime were 130.47±13.26mmHg and 79.84±9.82 mmHg for SBP and DBP. In the comparative analyze SMBP showed values similar to those of ABPM (p = 0.06 for SBP and p = 0.72 for DBP) and different to casual measurement (p = 0.03 for SBP and p = 0.00 for DBP). It is concluded that the SMBP is able to improve the adhesion to medicine treatment and the control of BP evaluated by the casual measurement in the first six months of the following, and present comparison and correlation with the ABPM better than casual measurement do. It represents, therefore, an alternative to monitoring the blood pressure of hypertensive person. / A medida casual da pressão arterial (PA) está sujeita a uma grande variabilidade, sendo interessante buscar novos métodos que tanto possam contribuir para a adesão ao tratamento da hipertensão quanto superar a limitação desta variabilidade. Foi avaliado se a inserção da automedida da pressão (AMPA) na rotina de tratamento do hipertenso favorece a adesão, o controle da PA e o perfil metabólico em pacientes acompanhados na Liga de Hipertensão Arterial. Participaram do estudo 57 pacientes, sendo 38 no Grupo Estudo (GE) e 19 no Grupo Controle (GC), seguidos por 12 meses. Foram avaliados na randomização (V1), no sexto mês (V2) e décimo segundo mês (V3). Comparadas as médias da PA pela medida casual, pela automedida da pressão arterial (AMPA) e pela monitorização ambulatorial da pressão arterial (MAPA), exames laboratoriais e as respostas ao questionário sobre o estilo de vida. Os aparelhos utilizados foram: OMRON HEM 714 para a AMPA, OMRON 705 CP para a medida casual e Monitor SPACELABS 9002 para a MAPA. A idade média em anos foi 62,05±10,78 e 55,42±11,87 no GE e GC (p=0,03), respectivamente. Os valores da Pressão Arterial Sistólica (PAS) pela medida casual no GE e GC foram de 140,01±16,73mmHg e 141,79±23,21mmHg em V1 (p=0,72), 135,49±12,73mmHg e 145,69±19,31mmHg em V2 (p=0,02), 131,64±19,28mmHg e 134,88±23,21mmHg em V3 (p=0,59). Os valores da Pressão Arterial Diastólica (PAD) foram 84,13±10,71mmHg e 86,29±10,35mmHg em V1 (p=0,47), 81,69±10,88mmHg e 89,61±11,58mmHg em V2 (p=0,02), 80,31±11,83mmHg e xvi 86±13,38mmHg em V3 (p=0,12). Os pacientes do GE apresentaram adesão ao tratamento não farmacológico semelhante ao GC, mas tiveram maior adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso e utilizaram menor número de drogas antihipertensivas. Não houve diferença entre os grupos na comparação do perfil metabólico e função renal (glicemia, perfil lipídico e creatinina). Adicionalmente, para comparar e correlacionar os níveis de PA obtidos através da AMPA com a medida casual e com a MAPA foram avaliados 32 hipertensos que realizaram as três metodologias de medida da PA com intervalo menor que 30 dias. Os valores médios de PAS e PAD pela AMPA foram de 134±15,71mmHg e 79,32±12,38mmHg. Na medida casual as médias da PAS e PAD foram, respectivamente, 140,84±16,15mmHg e 85±9,68mmHg. Os valores médios da MAPA na vigília foram 130,47±13,26mmHg e 79,84±9,82mmHg para PAS e PAD. Na análise comparativa a AMPA apresentou valores semelhantes aos da MAPA (p=0,06 para a PAS e p=0,72 para a PAD) e diferentes da medida casual (p=0,03 para a PAS e p= 0,00 para a PAD). Na análise de correlação com a MAPA, a AMPA foi superior à medida casual. Concluímos que a AMPA é capaz de melhorar a adesão ao tratamento farmacológico e o controle da PA avaliado pela medida casual nos primeiros seis meses de seguimento e apresenta melhor comparação e correlação com a MAPA do que a medida casual. Representa, portanto, uma alternativa para a monitorização da PA do hipertenso.

This thesis examines the fissures and intersections between feminist digital media, queer theory, and Mad and disability studies. Moving across social media platforms, hashtag data, and digital gaming, this project argues for the subversive and creative potential within Mad/crip/queer digital identity performances. My theorizing of the avatar as an automedial figure in this project is attentive to the politics of the face as a site of encounter, to digital bodies and movement, to identification and community-building, and to embodiment and affects that move between on- and off-screen lives. This thesis follows the “bad avatar,” a collection of Mad digital identity practices that interrupt, disrupt, and transgress normalizing and normative digital spaces of North American settler capitalist culture. Claiming the bad avatar as a deliberate identity position is an act of claiming the label of “bad,” which here has multiple meanings: Mad queer bodies—physical and digital—are bad citizens because we break the heteronormative patriarchal rules. We’re troublemakers—we make trouble for power systems and those who embody power. We can be bad workers, unproductive and fatigued. We can be bad for capitalism and bad for nationalist morale. We also experience feelings that become pathologized and policed. As despair, panic, melancholy, and angst stick to our bodies our bodies themselves become framed as bad: sick, broken, wrong, a problem in need of fixing or eradication. Reclaiming “bad” is both a celebration of the willful subject (Ahmed 2014) and a challenge to the binary of “good/bad” that is used to oppress Mad and disabled bodies. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / This thesis theorizes the digital avatar as an automedial figure, a mode of virtual embodiment and a site of encounter. I use “avatar” to draw a connecting line between widely varied digital identity acts that occur across social media platforms and video games. This thesis examines the “bad avatar,” a collection of Mad/crip/disabled faces, bodies, and identity practices that interrupt, disrupt, and transgress the normalizing and normative digital spaces of North American settler capitalist culture. Mad/crip digital identity play offers avenues for enacting modes of resistance through the politics of representation and the processes of identity performance and community-building.