Nivel de conocimiento sobre hipertensión arterial en pacientes hipertensos adultos

• Autor: Pastor Mendoza, Henry Johaun
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Repositorio: UNITRU-Tesis
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:dspace.unitru.edu.pe:20.500.14414/15521
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/15521
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Nivel de conocimiento; Características sociodemográficas; Tiempo de enfermedad; Hipertensión arterial

Objective: To evaluate the level of knowledge about hypertension in adult hypertensive patients. Material and methods: Prospective, cross-sectional descriptive study, where 100 hypertensive patients attended in the External Consultation Service of Internal Medicine of the Bethlehem Hospital of Trujillo were surveyed. The survey consisted of 3 parts: Sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, origin, educational level), time of illness and knowledge about arterial hypertension; the latter was considered adequate if they answered correctly of 14-20 questions, and inadequate when they were correct less than 14. The variables under study were compared using the Chi square test with a level of significance of 95%. Results: It was found that the majority of patients corresponded to the female sex (62%), age over 60 years (62%), origin of an urban area (53%), studies up to secondary (42%) and a time of illness of 1-5 years (33%). In addition, 83% had an adequate level of knowledge, with a statistically significant association for sex (p = 0.013) and age (p = 0.041). Conclusion: There is a statistically significant association between the level of knowledge about arterial hypertension and the variables of sex and age.