Programa de ejercicios físicos en personas con hipertensión y diabetes mellitus tipo II pertenecientes al Subcentro de Salud N°3 El Valle Cuenca 2014-2015

Abstract

Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus type II; according to data obtained in the INEC are considered the main causes of mortality. In the parish of the pertaining Valley to the province of the Azuay Canton Cuenca, the percentage of mortality Hypertension is 58.4% and for Diabetes Mellitus is 41.6%.

With the intention to maintain and/or decrease the values of blood pressure and blood sugar in adults and older adults in the Health Sub-Centre "The Valley" during the period 2014 – 2015 an exercise program was implemented through an investigation quasi-experimental, with whom he worked with a purposive sample, formed by people between 50 and 70 years of age with these pathologies and pharmacologically controlled than one year, those two measures were applied once before and once after the program physical exercises.

In the initial evaluation values of blood pressure and blood sugar of 50 participants with the result that 21% suffer from hypertension male and 79% female is determined; while 19% suffer from NIDDM male and 81% female; according to what said was planned and executed a fitness program for four consecutive months; with the participation of 46 adults and seniors.

At the end of the exercise program they managed to decrease the percentage of hypertensive patients from 46 to 26%, as did the percentage of diabetics 54 is decreased to 30%. The end result was obtained for 43% of adults and older adults showed normal blood pressure and glycemic, verifying the effectiveness of the intervention by the test of “Chi Square" where the value is equal to 0.01 and this lower value 0.05.