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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
Print version ISSN 0864-2125On-line version ISSN 1561-3038
Abstract
RIVERA LEDESMA, Emilio et al. Clinical-epidemiological description of arterial hypertension. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2019, vol.35, n.3, e807. Epub Sep 01, 2019. ISSN 0864-2125.
Introduction:
Hypertension is one of the most important medical problems of contemporary medicine in developed countries and it has been named "the silent plague of the twenty-first century".
Objective:
To describe clinical and epidemiologically arterial hypertension in hypertensive patients.
Methods:
An observational, descriptive and prospective longitudinal study was carried out. The sample was of 193 hypertensive patients of the population belonging to the Family Doctor's office num. 7, ´´Aleyda Fernández Chardiet" Teaching Polyclinic, in the period between January and December, 2017. Frequency distributions, percentage calculations and measures of central tendency were used.
Results:
Of the total number of patients, 48.7 % belonged to the age group from 40 to 59 years. There was a predominance of females (112; 58.03%) and patients with black skin (36.8 %). The predominant modifiable risk factor was smoking habit that was present in the 62.7 %; while the 55.4% presented controlled blood pressure´s numbers. Most of the patients used two antihypertensive drugs (44.6 %).
Conclusions:
Hypertension in adults is better controlled at a lower age and when using two drugs. The main risk factor of hypertensive patients was smoking habit.
Keywords : Arterial hypertension; modifiable risk factors; epidemiology; control; antihypertensive treatment; primary health care.