Estrategia motivacional sobre adherencia terapéutica en adultos hipertensos del Barrio Las Guayusas, 2015 – 2016.

Abstract

A motivational strategy was designed to improve the Therapeutic Adherence in hypertensive adults at “Guayusas” neighborhood, Tena Canton, Napo Province, during 2015 – 2016 period. A study was carried out of an observational type, field, cross-sectional, cross-sectional, Mixed (qualitative) and correlational type. The population was 91 hypertensive, whom 84 were the sample, who were given a questionnaire containing socio-demographic variables, risk factors and pharmacological treatment, in addition to the Morisky Green-Levine test, to evaluate their adherence to Treatment, during the consultation and home visits. The results obtained in the population were a low percentage of therapeutic adherence of 28.57% (24) with a discrete predominance in men of 54.2% (13). In addition, 16.7% (14) of the respondents had a concomitant disease, especially Diabetes Mellitus type 2. The prevalence of adherence was 50% (12) in the age group 50-59 years old, with a level of primary education in 15.5% (13) and traders in 9.5% (8). A motivational strategy was proposed with the aim of improving the level of therapeutic adherence in hypertensive adults at “Las Guayusas” neighborhood.