RELACIÓN ENTRE EL IMPACTO DE LA ENFERMEDAD Y EL ESTILO DE VIDA EN PACIENTES CON HPB: ESTUDIO TRANSVERSAL

Abstract

Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a disease that increases in prevalence with age. Furthermore, symptoms can get worse depending on the lifestyle. This research aims to identify the relationship between the impact of the disease and lifestyle in patients with BPH. Cross-sectional, descriptive observational study. Of 150 patients between 40-70 years 3 old treated at the IESS “Teodoro Maldonado Carbo” hospital for presenting BPH between March 2021 and March 2023, the surveys were conducted by telephone calls: International Prostate Symptom Scale (IPSS), quantifies the severity of the symptoms are mild, moderate, severe and the Coping and Adaptation Process Measurement Scale in Adults (CRI-A), quantifies the way in which one approaches a problematic situation, whether it is above or below average. Body mass index (BMI), alcohol consumption, tobacco consumption, comorbidities such as high blood pressure (HTN) and diabetes Mellitus (DM) were taken from the AS400 database. The correlation was performed using Fisher's exact test. No statistically significant association was found between the CRI-A and the other variables (BMI, habits, comorbidities) with the exception of the IPSS (p < 0.05), that is, patients with a score above the average tend to present moderate and severe symptoms. The CRI-A does not impact the patients' lifestyle; however, despite being related to the IPSS, the presence of severe/moderate symptoms does not imply changes in lifestyle.