Diseño de un plan de adherencia terapéutica en pacientes con enfermedades crónicas del Club de Adultos Mayores del Centro de Salud Tipo C ESPOCH- Lizarzaburu.

Abstract

The objective was to design a plan of therapeutic adherence in patients with chronic diseases of the elderly club of the Type C Health Center ESPOCH-Lizarzaburu; the investigation was carried out by means of a descriptive, cross-sectional study in 25 people, for which the level of therapeutic adherence was evaluated by applying the Morisky-Green test; the questionnaire validated by Bonilla and collaborators was also used to identify the factors that influenced it. The results obtained showed an average age of 70.2 years, with a predominance in female patients (80%), in addition 56% of the patients had more than one chronic disease and high blood pressure (84%), diabetes mellitus (40%) and hypothyroidism (28%) were the diseases that were reported most frequently. 64% of the cases studied indicated a lack of therapeutic adherence and those with the greatest impact, were the socioeconomic factors occurring in (100%) of the non-adherent patients, were followed in order of frequency of appearance by factors related to the therapy (87. 5%) and with the health team (81.25%). It is recommended that the health center authorities participate in campaigns that include programs that facilitate the measurement of therapeutic adherence in patients.