Diseño de una propuesta educativa para prevenir enfermedades cardiometabólicas en los trabajadores de la Unidad Administrativa del Hospital Provincial General Docente Riobamba. Provincia de Chimborazo. 2015

Abstract

This is a descriptive, cross - sectional study to promote the practice of physical activity in a sample of 100 administrative staff of the Provincial General Teaching Hospital Riobamba, in the design of an Educational Proposal. A survey was conducted to identify sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge and practices. The group comprised people between twenty and seventy-four years respectively. The figures of having cardiometabolic diseases are high, and reveal a lack of concern to maintain their health in balance, knowing the importance of performing physical activity is fundamental to be able to act in the most appropriate way since diabetes and hypertension are one of the causes of Morbidity and mortality in our country. It is recommended that the authorities that constitute the Ministry of Public Health together with the staff of the Provincial General Teaching Hospital Riobamba carry out interventions for the prevention of cardiometabolic diseases in the officials, in turn in the most vulnerable population, through the Educational Proposal to Prevent Cardiometabolic Diseases.