Manejo no farmacológico de pacientes con hipertensión arterial sistémica de 30 a 50 años, en un Subcentro de Salud del Sur-Oeste de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Systemic arterial hypertension (HAS) is considered as an asymptomatic pathology that frequently affects the adult population and when it is not diagnosed and treated in time it triggers alterations in target organs. "In Ecuador, one third of the population over 10 years old (3,187,665) is prehypertensive and 717,529 people between 10 and 59 years old suffer from high blood pressure" (1). Adhering to compliance with general measures of blood pressure (BP), it is necessary to control a hyposodic-hyperproteic diet, exercise and reduction of the body mass index. General objective: To determine the non-pharmacological management of patients with systemic arterial hypertension of 30-50 years in a South-West Subcenter of Health of the city of Guayaquil. Methodology: Field study, descriptive, prospective and transversal. Results: The study consisted of 67% of women and 33% of men of mixed ethnicity, with diagnosis of SAH, weighed, measured, detailed BMI and PA for 6 weeks; in the uptake, 84% of the population had stage 1 hypertension and 48% were overweight. The weight reduction decreased between 5-10 mm / Hg BP, the low sodium diet reduced between 2-8 mm / Hg and the daily exercise decreased between 4-6 mm / hg; during this period the study population managed to reduce the BMI values between 6% and 34% of blood pressure. Conclusion: The management of the general measures helped to reduce BP and BMI in the age group already described.