Factores que influyen en la adherencia al tratamiento en los pacientes hipertensos de tres consultorios del Centro de Salud Enrique Ponce Luque. Año 2018.

Abstract

Background: The WHO indicates that developing countries lack of adherence to treatment is a major public health problem "being the third cause of potentially lost years of life", due to the scarcity of resources and iniquity in access to health care. Materials and Methods: observational, analytical, cross-sectional, and retrospective study that included 102 hypertensive patients over 30 years of age, who belong to the three clinics of the Enrique Ponce Luque health center, 2018, the information was taken through a survey, clinical history and family record. Results: Of the total of 102 hypertensive patients, the non-adherents were predominant with 51 (50%); Of the variables studied, the level of adherence with family support was statistically associated, giving a P = 0, 0009, with medical controls with a P = 0, 0 and the availability of the drug with a P = 0, 0. Conclusions: there is a predominance of the population from 50 to 59 years old, male sex, high school graduates, married marital status, family per capita level poverty, being more than half of the population not adherent to treatment, the factors that have statistical association are medical controls, availability of treatment and family support.