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Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease is increasing in the last decades. A closely relation with cardiovascular risk factors has been shown.
Objective: To know the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a sample of patients in dialysis treatment in a clinic in the Región de Murcia, as well as to determine the risk factors.
Material and Method: A cross- sectional descriptive study in a clinic in the Región de Murcia between the month of March and July, 2017 was carried out. A sample of 55 patients is selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Results: Of the 55 subjects (36 males and 19 females), of whom only 40% knew the cause which had caused the entrance to dialysis treatment, being this knowledge higher among females than males. The sample was analysed to determine the cardiovascular risk factors. They found 40% of patients with diabetes mellitus, 90.9% with high blood pressure, a 63.6% had Dyslipidemia, 47.3% had a sedentary lifestyle, 69% overweight or some kind of obesity and 36.4% of the patients were smokers.
Objective: To know the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a sample of patients in dialysis treatment in a clinic in the Región de Murcia, as well as to determine the risk factors.
Material and Method: A cross- sectional descriptive study in a clinic in the Región de Murcia between the month of March and July, 2017 was carried out. A sample of 55 patients is selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Results: Of the 55 subjects (36 males and 19 females), of whom only 40% knew the cause which had caused the entrance to dialysis treatment, being this knowledge higher among females than males. The sample was analysed to determine the cardiovascular risk factors. They found 40% of patients with diabetes mellitus, 90.9% with high blood pressure, a 63.6% had Dyslipidemia, 47.3% had a sedentary lifestyle, 69% overweight or some kind of obesity and 36.4% of the patients were smokers.
Keywords
cardiovascular diseases
risk factors
dialysis
chronic kidney disease
nursing
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Quijada Box MT, Gómez Sánchez R. Prevalence and the knowledge of risk factors in patients in dialysis treatment. Enferm Nefrol [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2025 Oct 9];21(2):[about 7 p.]. Available from: https://enfermerianefrologica.com/revista/article/view/3515
