Adherencia al tratamiento antihipertensivo Centro de salud N°2

Abstract

Abstract: The objective was to develop an educational strategy in the management of pharmacological adherence in patients with arterial hypertension in the health center N°2 of the city of Loja. Methodology:The study was a quasi-experimental explanatory study; 60 patients with essential arterial hypertension who met the inclusion criteria were assigned; characterization was performed through instruments such as the survey; and adherence to pharmacological treatment was determinedby means of the Morisky Green Levine 8-item pre-and post-intervention test. Results:more than half of the population has low adherence (53.3%), one third medium adherence (35.0%) and 11.7% with high adherence at the beginning of the intervention; post intervention there is evidence of improvement in adherence to treatment with 71.7% for high adherence, 23.3% for medium adherence and 5% for low adherence. Conclusions:It was demonstrated that the intervention was effective, which means that if there is a significant difference in means between pre and post intervention with respect to adherence to treatment with 95% confidence (<0.001)