Health-related quality of life in hypertensive regular basic education teachers who attend a Cardiology Clinic in North Lima

Abstract

Introduction: The Health-related quality of life considerably influences  the well-being of the person, although when a disease occurs, this well-being tends to decrease and that this modifies the lifestyle of the person, therefore, the objective of the study is to determine the Health-related quality of life in relation to health in hypertensive regular basic education teachers who come to a cardiology clinic in North Lima, Methods: It is a quantitative, descriptive-cross-sectional study, with a total population of 124 hypertensive regular basic education teachers, Results: In their results, we can observe that 13,7 % (n=17) have a very low Health-related quality of life in relation to their health, 26,6 % (n=33) low Health-related quality of life, 9,7 % (n=12) average Health-related quality of life, 43,5 % (n=54) high Health-related quality of life and 6,5 %(n=8) very high Health-related quality of life, Conclusions: In conclusion, evaluations should be carried out in the health of the population, for the detection of risk factors and hypertension in an early stage