Estrategia educativa para abordar la funcionalidad familiar en pacientes hipertensos y diabéticos del Centro de Salud La Pradera Loja 2021

Abstract

Abstract:Background: The functional family is defined by its ability to face and overcome each stage of the life cycle, as well as the crises it has to go through. Objective: To develop an educational strategy to address family functionality in hypertensive and diabetic patients at the Pradera Health Center. Methodology: A quasi-experimental study was carried out on 60 families from the Yahuarcuna, Villas Militar and Sierra Nevada neighborhoods of the city of Loja, during the months of March 2021 and February 2022, with the FF-SIL family functionality perception test, applied before and then to the homes of hypertensive and diabetic patients. Results: Prior to the intervention and with the participation of 60 families, it was found: 13.3% severe dysfunctionality, 5% dysfunctionality; 15% of moderate functionality and 66.7% of functional families; post-intervention, 1.7% of families presented severe dysfunction, 15% dysfunction, 43.3% moderate functionality, and 40% functional families. Using the Wilcoxon statistic, the value of 0.02 was significant. Conclusion: The applied strategy was effective allowing to improve the functionality in those severely dysfunctional families.