Abstract

GONZALEZ SANCHEZ, Regla Ledia; INTERIAN RODRIGUEZ, Santa Martha; RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, José R  and  MENENDEZ JIMENEZ, Jesús. Educación para la salud. Influencia en ancianos hipertensos. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1999, vol.15, n.4, pp.364-367. ISSN 0864-2125.

A descriptive and longitudinal study about the influence of health education on the acquisition of knowledge and changes of attitude and control of hypertension was conducted among the elderly from 2 family physician offices of the "California" Polyclinic, in 1997. The MINI-MENTAL-TEST was applied to the 126 aged people who took part in this study. According to the results, 92 of them proved to be apt. After surveying them, it was observed that most of them knew about their disease and were evaluated as fair. They received the same evaluation for their attitude towards the disease. These aspects improved when the aducative technique was used. The number of patients under control increased, too. Recommendations were made.

Keywords : HEALTH EDUCATION; HYPERTENSION; AGING HEALTH.

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