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Arch Med Fam 2010; 12 (2)

Beliefs about the Origin of the Risk Factors for Suffering from Hypertension in Hypertensive Mexican Group Patients

Arrieta-Pérez RT, Garfías-Jiménez F

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 57-64
PDF size: 335.91 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: To identify beliefs those support the origin of the risk factors in Hypertension in hypertensive Mexican group patients. Material and Methods: A qualitative ethnographic study from the perspective of grounded theory. We interviewed 16 patients with hypertension enrolled in a Family Medicine Unit in Mexico City. From the review of the literature categories were formed for analysis joined each risk factor as a category. The axes set for discourse analysis were the factors that increase or decrease blood pressure. Results: The most common risk factors identified were inadequate nutrition, psychosocial factors related to stress loads that included a variety of situations and feelings that generate; and the importance and benefits of exercise. Conclusions: Beliefs about the origin of the risk factors were integrated by the perception of particular events dominate the situations in which patients are subjected to stress loads. However, participants believe that these factors influence their health do not perform actions to correct them.


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