Educational intervention on arterial hypertension in bigger adults

Abstract

Introduction: the arterial hypertension is an illness of high prevalencia at world level, often with serious consequences for the life of people that you/they suffer it. Objective: to apply an educational intervention on arterial hypertension in adults bigger than the Clinic Not. 58, First Policlínico of January, Consolation of the South, period 2022-2024. Method: I study descriptive, longitudinal of educational intervention. Universe: adults bigger dispensarizados of the clinic 58 (N=215). it Shows: intentional non probabilística (n=140), theoretical, empiric methods were used and I eat statistical measures the absolute and percentage frequencies. Results: the 70-79 year-old group prevailed (46.4%), feminine sex (60%), level preuniversitario (42.9%), active ocupacionalmente (62.1%). they Prevailed patient with more than 15 years diagnosed hipertensos (44.3%), not controlled HTA (55.7%), non-adherence to the treatment (52.9%), of pharmacological type (87.9%) and I consummate of more than a fármaco hipotensor (72.1%). The most frequent comorbilidades was the illnesses of the heart (68.6%) and diabetes mellitus (47.9%). more than half of the sample it presented factors of risk associated to the arterial hypertension prevailing the comorbilidades (98.6%) and cardiovascular risk (75%). The initial knowledge on the thematic one were low (84.3%) and they were increased after having applied the strategy (87.1%). Conclusions: The adults bigger than the feminine sex presented bigger bias to hypertension descontrolada, not very healthy lifestyles and cardiovascular risk that you/they threaten their quality of life. With the applied educational intervention, the level of knowledge rose it has more than enough arterial hypertension.