Prevalencia de accidente cerebro vascular con secuela de hemiplejía en pacientes de 40 a 80 años atendidos en el área de rehabilitación física del hospital general IESS de la ciudad de Babahoyo enero a diciembre del 2019.

Abstract

Cerebrovascular disease is considered the most frequent cause of death worldwide in both men and elderly women who have different risk factors such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, overweight, this study will determine the prevalence of patients with hemiplegia treated Within the physical rehabilitation area of the IESS General Hospital of the City of Babahoyo in the period from January to December 2019, it has a quantitative cross-sectional approach, which was worked with a population of 1800 patients who entered the physical rehabilitation area and A sample of 409 patients with hemiplegia was taken, from the data obtained it was concluded that there is a high prevalence in the female sex with 209 cases equivalent to 51% of the study population of the city of Babahoyo and the male sex with 200 cases equivalent to 49% of the study population of the city, the cause that has the highest prevalence a is Arterial Hypertension, therefore with a higher prevalence is Diabetes Mellitus with 60 cases that is equivalent to 30% of the study population, in conclusion 22% of the study population is affected with this neurological pathology.