Adherencia a la guía de práctica clínica de dolor lumbar del Ministerio de Salud Pública en la atención primaria en salud,en los centros de salud Obrapía, Héroes del Cenepa, Belén, Carigan, Tierras Coloradas y Centro de salud No. 1, de la ciudad Loja, en el período enero - diciembre 2018

Abstract

Abstract: Low back pain is one of the pathologies that causes the highest percentage of incapacity for work worldwide. Being in Ecuador one of the most frequent causes of consultation in primary health care, affecting a third of the population. Considering that the level of adherence to the CPG recommendations is relatively low, the main objective of this research was to assess adherence to the Clinical Practice Guideline for low back pain of the Ministry of Public Health in Primary Health Care.This is a retrospective descriptive study that analyzed 117 medical records taken from the Obrapía, Héroes del Cenepa, Tierras Coloradas, Belén, Carigan and CS No1 centers in the city of Loja, carried out in the period January - December 2018. The age range of the study population was between 18 and 45 years in initial consultation of acute DL. Finally, it was possible to establish the adherence of 65.55% to the CPG of the Ecuadorian MSP, being the general practitioners the ones that most adhere to the recommendations.