Abstract

RIVERA ALVAREZ, Luz Nelly  and  DIAZ, Luz Patricia. Relación entre la capacidad de agencia de autocuidado y los factores de riesgo cardiovascular . Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2007, vol.52, n.2, pp.30-38. ISSN 1562-6776.

QUESTION How is the relation between factors of cardiovascular risk, Sedentariness and Obesity with the self-care capacity of agency, in people hospitalized with diagnosis of arterial hypertension in the Country Clinic? OBJECTIVE Determine the existing relation between DESIGN Descriptive, corelational, quantitative study, POPULATION AND PLACE In 90 people hospitalized with arterial hypertension in the Country Clinic Bogotá-Colombia, made in the period between December of 2004 and April of 2005 INTERVENTIONS The capacity of agency was evaluated of self-care by means of the scale "appreciation of the autocuidado agency" of Isenberg and Evers; the index of corporal mass of the participants and the index of activity - exercise of the participants. RESULTS The findings showed to a signifi cant and negative correlation between the variables autocuidado Agency of and Index of corporal mass and a moderate and signifi cant positive correlation between the variables Agency of autocuidado and Index of activity and exercise. CONCLUSIONS The hypertensive people with smaller level of activity and exercise and with greater index of corporal mass are associated with low levels in the taken care of agency of the own one. To work the autocuidado one in the community is a task that must begin in the familiar nucleus making emphasis in the education of is practices from the childhood, that allows to recognize the importance of maintaining life styles healthful, the empowerment of the autocuidado one, the motivation to assume the commitment of self-care themselves and making the decision to take an active life.

Keywords : self-care; high blood pressure; hypertension; factors of cardiovascular risk; obesity; sedentariness.