Publicación:

Calidad de vida en docentes escolares diagnosticados con hipertensión arterial de una institución hospitalaria en Lima Sur

Resumen

The quality of life in hypertensive people is vulnerable, since this medical condition affects the quality of people, therefore, the objective of the research is to determine the quality of life in school teachers diagnosed with hypertension in a hospital institution in South Lima. It is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental study, with a population of 116 hypertensive people who answered a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and the quality of life questionnaire for hypertensive patients. In their results, 10,3 % (n=12) of hypertensive people have a low quality of life, 31 % (n=36) have a medium quality of life and 58,6 % (n=68) have a high quality of life. In conclusion, health actions linked to the practice of healthy lifestyles and emotional health are essential. © Autor(es); 2022.