Effectiveness of Physical Activity Prescription Among Hypertensive Patients of Primary Health Care.

Secondary Hypothesis:

The intervention achieved a significant change in the group of hypertensive patients in the following variables:

• Decreased levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, biochemical markers such as total cholesterol, triglycerides and fasting blood glucose and increased HDL cholesterol.
• Increase muscular endurance and cardio-respiratory capacity according to the categories of risk stratification.
• Decreased body weight, body mass index and waist circumference.

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosed with high blood pressure <5 years of evolution and / or without use of drug therapy to treat that condition;
• with low levels of physical activity (PA) or physically inactive (less than 150 minutes of PA at week, intensity moderate to vigorous);
• with availability to PA practice or considering begin to PA practice within the next six months (contemplation or preparation stages of the Transtheoretical Model).
• Without cardiovascular risk (assessed previously);
• Without physical or mobility problems that impede PA practice;
• Willingness to participate in the study, fulfill with outlined activities to develop the proposal.

Exclusion criteria

• high-risk patients according to the risk stratification of the American College of Sports Medicine;
• fulfill the high recommendation of physical activity (more than 300 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous intensity);