Abstract

HECHAVARRIA TORRES, Maricel; FERNANDEZ ALVAREZ, Nelson  and  BETANCOURT LLOPIZ, Ileana. Characterization of patients with hypertension in a rural area from Santiago de Cuba. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.4, pp. 509-515. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross sectional study of 3 609 persons older than 15 years, belonging to the rural area La Caoba, San Luis municipality  in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the 2011, aimed at determining the incidence and prevalence of this disorder, keeping in mind some variables of interest. Female sex, age groups 40-59 and 60-79 years, stage I of the disease, as well as tabaquism, alcohol consumption, uncontrolled stress, obesity and sedentarism prevailed in the series as main risk factors; likewise an incidence of 1.7% and a prevalence of 12.1% was found. In the other hand, the women didn't recognize they possessed inadequate dietary habits, but the nutritional evaluation evidenced moderated obesity in 11.0%. Most of the affected persons carried out the treatment, so that the percentage of controlled patients was high

Keywords : hypertension; risk factors; rural area; incidence; prevalence; nutritional evaluation; primary health care.

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