Quality of Life in Hypertensive University students Attending a Health Facility for Care in North Lima

Djamila Gallegos-Espinoza; Carlos La Rosa-Longobardi; Lucia Asencios-Trujillo; Livia Piñas-Rivera; Lidia Asencios Trujillo; Hernan Matta-Solis

doi:10.56294/saludcyt2023558

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Published: 2023-10-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt2023558

Quality of Life in Hypertensive University students Attending a Health Facility for Care in North Lima

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Introduction: Hypertension is one of the most common problems where the quality of life of the person suffering from this disease is compromised, altering their health well-being in the short and long term, so the research objective is to determine the quality of life in hypertensive people who come to a health facility for their care in North Lima.
Methods: It is a quantitative, descriptive-cross-sectional study, consisting of 150 participants who answered a questionnaire on sociodemographic aspects and the mini-questionnaire on quality of life in hypertension.
Results: In the results, females have a better quality of life than males.
Conclusions: It is concluded that educational counseling about the disease should be provided to people who are diagnosed with it.

Keywords:

Quality of life,

Arterial hypertension,

cardiovascular disease,

public health,

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Gallegos-Espinoza D, La Rosa-Longobardi C, Asencios-Trujillo L, Piñas-Rivera L, Asencios Trujillo L, Matta-Solis H. Quality of Life in Hypertensive University students Attending a Health Facility for Care in North Lima. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 25 [cited 2024 Jul. 27];3:558. Available from: https://revista.saludcyt.ar/ojs/index.php/sct/article/view/558

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