Examinando por Autor "Giudice Manrique, Maria Rosa Mercedes"

Seleccione resultados tecleando las primeras letras
Mostrando 1 - 1 de 1
  • Miniatura
    ÍtemAcceso abierto
    Cardiovascular risk and body mass index in hypertensive patients to a cardiology clinic in a health facility in Surquillo- 2019
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-12-09) Giudice Manrique, Maria Rosa Mercedes; Perez Siguas, Rosa Eva
    Objective: To determine the cardiovascular risk and body mass index in hypertensive patients attending a cardiology clinic in a health establishment in Surquillo - 2019. Material and method: The study has a quantitative approach, with a non-experimental, descriptive, and cross-sectional design, including a population of 125 hypertensive patients aged 40 to 80 years, attending a cardiology clinic in a health establishment in Surquillo. The data collection technique was a survey, and the data collection instruments were the Cardiovascular Risk Calculator developed by the PAHO and the Body Mass Index from the WHO. Results: Regarding cardiovascular risk, the predominant risk was low with 52.8%, followed by 34 patients with moderate risk (27.2%), 16 patients with high risk (12.8%), 6 patients with critical risk (4.8%), and finally, 3 patients with very high risk (2.4%). As for body mass index, 58 patients were overweight (46.4%), followed by 50 patients with healthy weight (40%), 13 patients with moderate obesity (10.4%), 3 patients with severe obesity (2.4%), and finally, 1 patient with underweight (0.8%). Conclusions: Regarding cardiovascular risk, low risk predominated, followed by moderate, high, critical, and very high risks. Regarding body mass index, overweight predominated, followed by healthy weight, moderate obesity, severe obesity, and underweight.