SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN CLIMATERIC WOMEN CARE FOR IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN CLIMATERIC WOMEN CARE FOR IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS

During the climacteric period, sedentary behavior can trigger more severe menopausal symptoms, in addition to increasing the risk of cardiometabolic diseases, directly impacting the population's quality of life. This fact suggests that sedentary behavior is characterized as an important public health problem, being inversely associated with physical activity. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate sedentary behavior in climacteric women and associated factors. This is a probabilistic sample composed of climacteric women assisted by the Family Health Strategy of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A multivariate analysis was performed using the Classification and Regression Tree algorithm to classify sedentary behavior into groups, based on exposure variables. Regarding sedentary behavior, of the 873 women included in the study, 65.8% (n=574) were above the established threshold (≥171 min/day). The decision tree indicated that the variables: total cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index and triglycerides were associated with sedentary behavior. It was concluded that the prevalence of sedentary behavior among menopausal women treated at the Primary Health Care of Montes Claros is high, and that the factors associated with this behavior were high total cholesterol levels, low diastolic blood pressure, obesity and high triglyceride levels. Therefore, it is important to monitor modifiable factors such as sedentary behavior, as it is associated with factors that predispose cardiometabolic risk in this population.