Medición de tensión arterial y actividad física en el personal docente y administrativo de las unidades educativas de la ciudad de Gonzanamá
Arterial hypertension is a chronic, degenerative, incurable disease that can be controlled and prevented by modifying cardiovascular risk factors. One of the main actions is to promote physical activity, which is defined as any intentional body movement produced by skeletal muscles that determines e...
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/31454 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Arterial hypertension is a chronic, degenerative, incurable disease that can be controlled and prevented by modifying cardiovascular risk factors. One of the main actions is to promote physical activity, which is defined as any intentional body movement produced by skeletal muscles that determines energy expenditure, one of the non-pharmacological measures aimed at reducing blood pressure values. The purpose of this study was to classify blood pressure levels, to know the levels of physical activity in the teaching and administrative staff of the educational units of the city of Gonzanamá: Unidad Educativa Gonzanamá and Padre Jorge Abiatar Quevedo and to establish the association between both variables. It had a quantitative, cross-sectional cohort approach, with a sample of 94 participants whose blood pressure was measured according to the ESC-ESH Guide, and the short version of the international physical activity questionnaire IPAQ was applied. Optimal and normal blood pressure was found in 74.57% of young and mature adult women; and in 70.21% of men in the same age groups. Regarding the levels of physical activity, 52.54% of women presented low levels in the age groups 20-40 and 41-64 years and in the male population it was shown in 22.85% respectively, in men the physical activity in its medium and high level was shown in 51.43%, while in women it represented 15.25%. Finally, there was no statistical relationship between the variables, possibly justified by the fact that other cardiovascular risk factors such as diet, family history, alcohol and tobacco consumption were not considered, or that there was no adequate physical activity that would allow the individual to reach his or her optimal training pulse |
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