Socio-cultural factors related to the self-care capacity of Elderly adults with high blood pressure, Trujillo 2017

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the sociocultural factors and their relationship with self-care capacity of hypertensive elderly adults. The study is of a quantitative, correlational, crosssectional type, carried out in the adult's ward, with a sample of 60 hypertensive elderly people who were given a survey to obtain data about sociocultural factors and a scale to determine their self-care capacity. According to the results, 53.2% of elderly hypertensive women have a sufficient capacity for self-care, and 69.3% of elderly hypertensive males have an insufficient self-care capacity. 68.1% of hypertensive elderly spouses/live-in partners have a sufficient capacity for self-care. 42.6% of hypertensive older adults who have finished secondary school have a sufficient self-care capacity.31.9% of hypertensive elderly people who have an economic income between 400.00 to 800.00 soles have a sufficient self-care capacity. 27.7% have an income greater than 1,500.00 soles and 12.8% an income lower than 400.00 soles and maintain a sufficient self-care capacity. When applying the chisquare test, it was concluded that self-care of hypertensive elderly adults is not determined by gender, marital status, economic income or level of education.