Morbilidad en el primer nivel de atención del Seguro Social Campesino, Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador 2016

Abstract

Introduction: The Seguro Social Campesino offers medical care in first level health services, which are the base of primary health care, therfore is needed to have reliable data on morbidity. Objective: Characterize the morbidity in the first level of attention of the Seguro Social Campesino in the province of Chimborazo during the year 2016. Methods: The present investigation is a descriptive study. The universe of study includes the entire population treated by the 45 doctors who worked at he Seguro Social Campesino from January to December 2016, in the province of Chimborazo, Ecuador. Data was collected from the monthly morbidity reports. Variables analyzed were age, gender and morbidity. Results: Our results indicate that the highest percentage (57%) of patients attended were adults of 50 years of age or older, frequently women (55 %). Infections of the acute upper respiratory tract were the first cause of general morbidity (28 %), affecting specially females (26%). Regarding to chronic diseases, arterial hypertension (13 %) and polyarthrosis (10 %) were the most common diseaseas, affecting mainly females. Conclusion: We conclude that morbidity in the Seguro Social Campesino is characterized by the predominance of acute upper respiratory tract infections, hypertesnion and polyarthrosis, whick most frequently affect women.

Keywords

• morbidity
• quality of life
• Ecuador
• Primary Health Care
• Seguro Social Campesino