Adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes hipertensos del centro de salud Velasco Ibarra, Machala 2021

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Abstract:Introduction: It is considered that the 30 per cent of hypertensive patients don't adhere themselves to the pharmacological treatment, increasing the disease complications. Objective: to develop an educational intervention by adhering to the pharmacological treatment in hypertensive patients at the Velasco Ibarra Health Center in Machala, Ecuador. Methodology: The degree of therapeutic adherence to antihypertensive treatment was evaluated in 94 patients from the Velasco Ibarra Health Center and an educational intervention was developed to improve it. Results: 80% of the patients do not adhere to the antihypertensive treatment. After the educational intervention, these results were different, in fact, 78% had adherence to drug therapy. Conclusions: The implemented educational strategy improved the patients' knowledge of their process, contributed to well blood pressure control and reduced the population risk profile.