Autocuidado en pacientes con preeclampsia que asisten a consulta externa del Hospital General Guasmo Sur de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder that occurs during pregnancy, related to multiple factors. In the outpatient area of a public health ministry hospital, there is a large number of pregnant women with preeclampsia, which has decided to carry out this research the following objective: Determine selfcare in patients with preeclampsia who attend to external consultation of the Guasmo Sur General Hospital located in the city of Guayaquil. The study methodology is descriptive, prospective, transversal, qualitative and quantitative. The population is 80 pregnant, the results: with respect to the characteristics of pregnant women as the age between 20 and 25 years with 52% suffer from this pathology, according to the lifestyles prevailed hypersodic diet 53%, consumption of 45% fats and compliance with a therapeutic regimen, sometimes 50%, and self-care actions are not fulfilled in a greater percentage, no, physical activity with 68.75% and the least met is a balanced diet with 90% Conclusions: Our population has an adequate lifestyle It is also, of course, that there is no proper self-care that promotes a pathology and a health problem.