Enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en el personal administrativo de la Universidad Nacional de Loja, periodo octubre 2022 – febrero 2023

Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including DM and AHT, represent a major public health problem, as they are one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide. The objective of this research was to characterize the administrative personnel with chronic noncommunicable diseases at the Universidad Nacional de Loja. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out; an instrument called "Therapeutic Behavior: Illness or Injury (Code 1609)" was used for data collection, which was applied to 45 administrative personnel working at the university. The results showed that the most frequent medical diagnosis was HT (71.1%), followed by diabetes (11.1%) and 17.8% suffered from both pathologies; with respect to the type of disease, non-insulindependent diabetes (84.6%) and primary essential HT (100%) predominated. The prevalence of NCDs in the administrative personnel of the UNL was 16.72%, of which the prevalence of HT represented 14.86% and diabetes 4.83%. Regarding therapeutic adherence, 100% of the respondents consumed all the prescribed medications, 73.3% did not exercise at least 4 times a week, 77.8% complied with a low-salt diet, 22.2% consumed more than two drinks/glasses of alcoholic beverages per day, 86.7% attended check-ups when they felt sick, 60% were able to obtain a blood pressure and/or glucometer, 40% interrupted home/work activities to take their medications, and 91.1% slept between 6 and 8 hours a day. In conclusion, the population studied has an adequate medication regimen, most of them comply with the prescribed diet, avoid behaviors that enhance the pathology, comply with medical controls, have adequate rest; however, they perform little physical activity, have poor monitoring of the therapeutic effects and poor selfmonitoring of HT/glucose

• Main Author: Avila Jiménez, Diana Cristina (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Language: spa
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: ENFERMERÍA; DIABETES MELLITUS; PERSONAL ADMINISTRATIVO; ADHERENCIA AL TRATAMIENTO
• Online Access: https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/30154