Conocimiento y adherencia terapéutica en pacientes hipertensos atendidos en el Centro de Salud Universitario de Motupe-Loja

Hypertension is the main risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The scarce symptoms in its initial stages and the damage to organs and systems that it produces have given it the qualification of "silent killer". The objective of this research was to evaluate the level of knowledge about arterial hypertension and to identify therapeutic adherence in hypertensive patients according to sex and age group, to finally determine the association between these two variables. It had a quantitative, retrospective, cross-sectional cohort approach. The population consisted of a universe of 193 patients and a sample of 129 hypertensive patients treated in the outpatient clinic of the Motupe University Health Center. A questionnaire focused on evaluating the level of knowledge about arterial hypertension and the Morisky Green Levine test were applied to assess therapeutic adherence. The results showed that 71.3% (n=92) had inadequate knowledge, of which 39.5% (n=51) and 31.8% (n=41) correspond to the female and male sex, respectively, highlighting the group age over 61 years of age 43.4% (n=56); 55% (n=71) presented non-adherence to treatment, of which 32.6% (n=42) and 22.5% (n=29) correspond to the female and male sex, respectively, highlighting the age group over 61 years of age 34.1% (n=44). To this, an association was established through Chi2 = 7.3852 (< 0.05) presenting statistical significance. Therefore, in conclusion, an inadequate level of knowledge about arterial hypertension is a risk factor for developing poor adherence to antihypertensive drug treatment

• Hovedforfatter: Ávila Torres, Andrea Selena (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Sprog: spa
• Udgivet: 2023
• Fag: MEDICINA; HIPERTENSIÓN ARTERIAL; ANTIHIPERTENSIVOS; ADHERENCIA TERAPEÚTICA
• Online adgang: https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/27357