Prevalencia de hipertensión arterial en los empleados de Suramericana de Seguros Medellín: 1996

ABSTRACT: High blood pressure as well as cardio-vascular, renal, and brain-vascular diseases related to it are within the ten first causes of morbi-mortality in Medellín City-Colombia. The study aims at identifying high blood pressure individuals in the Insurance Company Suramericana with headquarters in Medellín-Colombia, in order to prevent complications and to give education to modify risk factors. A survey was applied to 193 employees. This survey included modifying and non-modifying risk factors mostly related to the génesis of high blood pressure. Findings show that the prevalence of high blood pressure in the simple was 13,02%. No significant relation between the smoking tobacco habit and the intake of alcohol with high blood pressure was found. Likewise, it was found that 56% of individuals with high blood pressure showed family history with the same problem, and that 44% of the individuals did not practice any sports. Finally, some recommendations are given in order to reduce the increase of the prevalence of high blood pressure in this company.

• Autores: Montoya Mejía, Lina María; Arango Mora, Claudia Patricia; Castaño Castaño, Yanneth; Cardozo García, Yadira; Romero Arroyo, María Victoria; Gómez Echavarría, Yazmin Zenaida; Álvarez Morto, Milena Isabel; Cano Cossio, Ana Catalina; Cano Acosta, Luis Alfredo; Cañas Arenas, Elina Mabel; Flóres Vides, Franklin; Gómez, Sandra Patricia; Londoño Suárez, Norelia; Medina, Viviana; Valderrama, Lillyan Consuelo; Ochoa de Molina, Olga; Betancur Uran, Gladys
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 1997
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/4644
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/4644
• Palabra clave: Hipertensión; High blood pressure
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/