Diseño de una estrategia educativa para modificar factores de riesgo de hipertensión arterial en personas entre 25 y 64 años en el Consultorio 5B. Centro de Salud #4. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: Arterial hypertension is a worldwide health problem, being one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in people over 15 years of age, it also has an important role as a risk factor for cerebrovascular events and coronary heart disease. Methods: an observational, descriptive, crosssectional study was carried out with the aim of designing an educational strategy on knowledge of risk factors for arterial hypertension in a population of 187 non-hypertensive young adults in clinic 5B of Health Center #4, year 2021. Results: It was evident that the predominant age group was 25 to 29 years old with 38%. Female sex accounted for 62.6%. A total of 51.3% of the participants had completed high school. The 96.3% self-identified as mestizos and 33.7% were housewives. The level of knowledge was low in 87.2% of the respondents, with the female sex having the least knowledge, with 89.7%. The strategy was shaped by monthly educational talks, lasting 30 minutes per topic, in groups of 5 to 10 people, in the afternoon and given at the health center. Conclusions: In a large part of the non-hypertensive young adult population investigated, there is a lack of knowledge about the risk factors of arterial hypertension, which makes the elaboration of the educational strategy opportune.