Factores relacionados a la inasistencia a un programa de hipertensión arterial

Abstract

High blood pressure is a chronic disease; One difficulty in controlling it is non-attendance to hypertension programs, even though the Pan American Health Organization encourages the development of public health policies and projects to prevent high blood pressure, as well as supporting projects that facilitate the provision of drugs. necessary for their care and prevention. That is why, through a descriptive cross-sectional study, information is collected on the factors that intervene in the non-attendance to control in an arterial hypertension program in a State Social Enterprise north of the department of Cauca-Colombia, with a population of 810 patients; Obtaining a sample of 260 people, additionally, a non-response proportion (20%) was applied, reaching a total of 312 participants. Among the results, 72.1% were women, 35.3% were between 61-70 years old. As non-attendance factors, the following were found: 30.8% forgetfulness, insufficient appointment reminders used by the institution, 52.6% and more than 80% feel satisfied with the care provided by health personnel. Concluding, that it is necessary to reorient the programs considering gender characteristics and strengthen strategies that bring the programs closer to the population.