Health problems of tourists who visited the Jardinesdel Rey tourist destination in 2019

Abstract

Background. The annual number of international tourists rises each year and with it the number of travelers who have a health problem, which increases the need for health services, a phenomenon of which the Jardinesdel Rey tourist center is not alien. Method. A longitudinal descriptive study was carried out retrospectively, with the aim of knowing the behavior of health problems presented by tourists who visited this tourist destination during the year 2019. Findings. 1.2% of the tourists who visited the pole were treated at hotel medical offices and 0.2% at the clinic. In hotel clinics the main causes were digestive, respiratory and dermatological conditions, in the clinic they were trauma, digestive and respiratory diseases. Trauma was more frequent in the elderly and tourists with high alcohol consumption, children had more respiratory disorders, digestive disorders were related to alcohol consumption and extreme ages of life, and people with chronic diseases had more cardiovascular conditions and metabolic. 25.8% of those treated at the clinic required admission under observation, 80% of the patients resolved their health problem in the clinic and 20% needed their transfer to the hospital. Conclusions. Trauma, respiratory conditions and digestive disorders were the main health problems that tourists presented at the Jardinesdel Rey pole and there was a close relationship between their occurrence and risk factors.