Cambios en la ingesta de sal y práctica de ejercicio físico en pacientes hipertensos por educación sanitaria en el primer nivel de atención de salud.

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      Changes in salt ingestion and physical exercise in hypertensive patients by health education at the first level of health care attention.
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      Although it is assumed that health care education improves life style in hypertensive patients, there is no enough evidence to support its implementation. Objective: Evaluate the effect of health care education on salt ingestion and physical exercise in hypertensive patients. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study based on surveys applied to 179 hypertensive patients who attended the internal medicine and cardiology outpatient clinics from June to July 2009. Chi square test was performed using the SPSS statistical package version 17.0. Results: 67% were females; 69% were older than 60 years of age; 72.1% had secondary school level or superior education level. Health care education was received by 25% of the participants, 22% had received printed material in the last 6 months. Having received health care education was not associated with less salt ingestion or with more physical exercise. Conclusions: Health care education did not influence salt ingestion and physical exercise in this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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      Aunque se asume que la educación sanitaria mejora los estilos de vida de los pacientes hipertensos, no existe suficiente bibliografía que apoye esta asociación. Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto de la educación sanitaria ofrecida a los pacientes hipertensos sobre sus prácticas de ingesta de sal y ejercicio físico. Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, transversal y basado en encuestas aplicadas a 179 pacientes hipertensos que acudieron entre junio y julio de 2009 a los servicios de medicina general, medicina interna y cardiología independientemente del motivo de atención. Se analizó con el programa SPSS versión 17.0 y aplicando el test de chi cuadrado. Resultados: El 67% fue del sexo femenino, 60,9% era mayor de 60 años y el 72,1% tenía educación secundaria o superior. El 25% había recibido charlas y 22% material educativo en salud en los últimos 6 meses. No se encontró asociación significativa entre haber recibido educación sanitaria con la práctica de actividad física regular ni de menor ingesta de sal. Conclusiones: En este estudio, la educación sanitaria no tuvo influencia sobre la práctica de ejercicio físico ni sobre la ingesta de sal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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