Level of information about phytotherapy in hypertensive patients in a medical office. South area, Morón

Abstract

Introduction: Arterial hypertension is the main factor related to mortality in the contemporary world. Medicinal plants are the source of many of the drugs in current use; they have proven their efficacy in multiple diseases, thus constituting an alternative for the treatment of various pathologies. Objective: to determine the level of information on phytotherapy in hypertensive patients belonging to the Family 20 Medical Clinic in the municipality of Morón, Ciego de Avila province. Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted from September 2019 to January 2020. The universe consisted of 173 hypertensive patients, working with all of them. Descriptive statistics and absolute and relative percentage frequencies were used to summarize the information. Results: 57.2% of the cases were female and 45.1% belonged to the age group over 65 years. The intermediate technical education level was observed in 26.6 % of the sample. According to the classification according to the type of hypertension, 53.8% presented systolic arterial hypertension. 62.4 % of the cases reported not using phytotherapy as an alternative medicine for the treatment of arterial hypertension and 59.0 % were uninformed. Conclusions: the study showed a high level of misinformation among patients about the use of phytotherapy as an alternative medicine for the treatment of arterial hypertension.

Keywords

• medicina tradicional/métodos
• medicina natural tradicional /fitoterapia
• hipertensión/terapia.