Adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes con hipertensión arterial del Centro de Salud Zamora Huayco de la ciudad de Loja.

Abstract

Abstract: Hypertension is a chronic and silent disease that constitutes a therapeutic challenge for the health system, as it is a modifiable risk factor to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications derived from lack of control and low adherence to treatment.The objective was to develop an educational strategy to modify the level of therapeutic adherence.A quasi-experimental study was carried out and an intervention strategy was implemented that was evaluated with scales before and after, in the months of March-August 2021 in the Zamora Huayco health center in the city of Loja.Through the application to 60 users, of the Morisky 8 items tests to measure adherence and Battle to measure level of knowledge, the following results were obtained: 45% had a low level of adherence and 26% an adequate level of knowledge. After the intervention, 55% managed to increase their level of adherence (p<0.05) and 31% achieved an adequate level of knowledge about hypertension.It was concluded that the strategy was effective in improving adherence to treatment in hypertensive patients.