Knowledge about risk factors and adherence to pharmacological treatment in hypertensive patients of the older adult program of hospital II Ramón Castilla, Lima 2022

Abstract

The study aimed to "determine how knowledge about risk factors and adherence to pharmacological treatment in hypertensive patients of the elderly program of Hospital II Ramón Castilla, Lima 2022". The hypothetical deductive method, quantitative approach, applied type, observational design, correlational scope and cross-sectional was used. Sé had a population of 340 new patients entering the elderly program of Hospital II Ramón Castilla, sample calculation was used obtaining a sample of 181 patients, who responded to two previously validated physical surveys: questionnaire 1 by Ataucasi and Nieto, questionnaire 2 by Ramírez Olivera Karina. The results were obtained: 45.9% of patients in the elderly program have a low level of knowledge about risk factors in hypertension, 32% medium level and 22.1% high level. Regarding pharmacological adherence, 34.3% have a regular attitude towards risk factors for hypertension, 33.7% manifest a good attitude and 32.0% have a bad attitude. For the test of the hypothesis, Pearson's Chi-square statistic was used, obtaining a value of 48,837 and significant relationship (p = 0.000) and without having expected boxes of counts less than 5, which rejects the null hypothesis and accepts the alternative hypothesis, concluding that there is a relationship between Knowledge about Risk Factors and adherence to pharmacological treatment in hypertensive patients of the elderly program.

Objetivo: Determinar, la relación conocimiento sobre factores de riesgo y adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico, en pacientes hipertensos del programa adulto mayor del Hospital II Ramón Castilla. Métodos: El estudio fue de enfoque cuantitativo, de tipo aplicado, observacional, de nivel correlacional, corte transversal; en una muestra de 181 participantes del programa del adulto mayor. Resultados: se evidenciaron que el 45,9% de participantes presentaron un nivel de conocimiento bajo; y en la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico el 34,3% presentaron una actitud regular. Se determinó que existe relación entre los conocimientos en las dimensiones de factores modificables y no modificables con la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico. Concluye determinando que existe relación entre el conocimiento sobre factores de riesgo y la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes hipertensos