Control de la hipertensión arterial y factores asociados en adultos hipertensos del consultorio cuatro de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Centro de Salud Vergeles. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: Arterial hypertension (AHT) constitutes a health problem, the lack of control is related to various factors that predispose to the torpid evolution of the disease with the consequences and disabilities it causes, as well as its impact on mortality. Methods: The research is relational, observational, prospective and cross-sectional to associate the control of arterial hypertension with the variables adherence to treatment, stages of hypertension, nutritional status, lifestyles and complications of the disease, in the population of hypertensive patients in clinic 4 of the Vergeles Health Center. To test the hypothesis posed, the Chi-square statistical test was used with an α= 0.05. Results: The sociodemographic categories that predominated were age group 50 to 59 years (28.6%), female sex (56.4%), marital status free union (53.4%), occupation public employee 34.6%, primary schooling 33.1%, mestizo ethnicity 72.9%, hypertension stage II grade 57, 1%, nutritional status overweight 43.6%, no physical activity 72.2%, no smoking 75.2%, salt consumption 60.9%, healthy diet 62.4%, hypertensive heart disease complication 90% of cases without control and lack of adherence to treatment 52.3% without control. The hypothesis raised in some risk factors is proved. Conclusions: The hypothesis was fulfilled for the risk factors disease stage, nutritional status, excessive salt consumption, healthy diet and complications, it was not fulfilled for physical activity, smoking and adherence to treatment.