Risk factors for cerebrovascular disease in older adults from a family doctor's office

• Main Authors: Jinobel Perez Rodriguez, Leydy Laura Álvarez Velázquez, Hermes Islas Hernández, Eridania Rivera Alonso
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: ECIMED 2019-10-01
• Series: Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
• Subjects: enfermedad; factores de riesgo, diabetes mellitus; fumar; anciano.
• Online Access: http://www.revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/4072

Introduction: cerebrovascular diseases constitute a global health problem due to their high mortality and degree of physical and mental disability, the behavior of their risk factors in a health area is presented. Objective: to identify the risk factors for cerebrovascular diseases in older adults in the 47th Doctor’s Office at Hermanos Cruz University Polyclinic, Pinar del Río during the year 2018. Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional observational study, the target group was compromised of 144 older adults, the simple random sample included 130 patients according to the inclusion criteria, and the variables were obtained through individual clinical histories and a survey. Results: the sixth decade of life and male gender prevailed, the most frequent risk factors for cerebrovascular diseases were sedentary lifestyles, hypertension, smoking habit and diabetes mellitus, the association of two or three risk factors was recurrent and the most frequent association was hypertension, sedentary lifestyles and smoking habit. Conclusions: cerebrovascular diseases in the population studied confirmed an epidemiological behavior according to current trends in Cuba and the world, which will allow drawing preventive and health-giving education strategies to promote lifestyles.