Control inadecuado de Hipertensión Arterial y Factores asociados en mayores de 40 Años. Parroquia San Sebastián 2017

Abstract

Background: hypertension (HT) has a high prevalence worldwide and its control has been associated with family functionality, lifestyle and compliance with treatment. Objective: to determine the inadequate control of hypertension and associated factors in individuals older than 40 years of the San Sebastian parish in 2017. Materials and methods: an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study consisting of 190 hypertensive patients, who underwent a questionnaire and their blood pressure was measured, tabulating the data obtained and performing their analysis using the statistical program SPSS. in its version 15. For the analysis, the Chi square test and the OR with their CI 95% were calculated to evaluate the association between variables. Results: 76.3% women, 36.2% between 71 to 80 years, 58.9% married, 70.5% reside urban area, 63.7% with basic education, 77.9% belong to families moderately functional, 45.3% have uncontrolled hypertension and 52.1% do not comply with the treatment, 50% have a regular lifestyle, it was associated with poor control of hypertension when treatment was not met (OR = 5.69 95% CI = 3.10-10.81, p <0.001), moderate-dysfunctional functionality 93% p <0.01, and the bad-regular lifestyle in which 72.8% was uncontrolled. however, the latter did not show statistical difference. Conclusions: non-control of hypertension was associated with non-compliance with treatment for moderate-dysfunctional family functioning and a bad-regular lifestyle