Objective

To determine the prevalence and epidemiological behavior of hypertension at the Julio Antonio Mella Polyclinic between 2016- 2017.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out with people older than 35 years of both sexes, which included 2 297 individuals, from this population 976 were hypertensive, to whom a survey was applied. The qualitative variables were expressed in absolute and relative frequency, while the associations were made using the chi-squared test.

Results

The overall prevalence of hypertension in the analyzed population was 42.5 %. In both sexes, the predominant age group was in those under 65 years of age. 62.4 % of hypertensive patients are female, which in turn have a higher percentage of being diabetic and have high cholesterol levels. 71, 5 % of patients have had at least one follow-up consultation in the last year and 64.7% of them have indicated angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in the family. 86.1 % of patients adhered to the treatment are controlled and statistically associated.

Conclusions

Women and younger under 65 were the most represented groups. The drugs most commonly used for arterial hypertension were those of the pharmacological group, the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and diuretics.

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