title: [Self-care ability in the hypertensive patient control].
abstract: METHODS
  Trough an analytical cross-sectional study the association of self-care ability and the blood pressure control was evaluated. We studied controlled and uncontrolled hypertensive patients, both groups with 79 subjects. Self-care basic conditioning factors and capacities scale in patients with hypertension was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Self-care ability was good in 73.4% of controlled and in 3.8% of the uncontrolled patients (p < 0.05). The 91.2% of controlled and 67.9% of uncontrolled presented a positive family system (p < 0.05). Socio-cultural factors were good in 64.6% of controlled against 16.7% of the uncontrolled (p < 0.05). Environmental factors were good in 50.6% of controlled and 2.6% of the uncontrolled (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to these results we conclude that there is association between self-care ability and control of hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social de Guanajuato. leyvajimenez@msn.com
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leyva-Jiménez
authors.forename: Omar Efraín
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Venegas-Escobedo
authors.forename: Alfredo Guadalupe
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Medel-Delgado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D032882:Comprehension; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004777:Environment; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011998:Recreation; D012648:Self Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult