Adherence to treatment is indispensable in the hemodynamic status of patients with AHT, nowadays this is considered as the chronic non-communicable disease that has surpassed limits at international level, alerting its multiple cardiovascular, cerebrovascular complications and psychological risks leading to the main causes of death and psychopathological disorders. Objectives: To determine the psychopathological risks associated with adherence to treatment in patients with arterial hypertension attending the Abdón Calderon Union Health Center. Methodology: Method: experimental. Type of research: descriptive-correlative, prospective, cross-sectional and qualitative approach. Sample: 206 patients with a diagnosis of arterial hypertension with more than 6 months of treatment and older than 30 years old men and women will be taken. Instruments: 3 instruments will be used, LSB-50, sociodemographic card, and Treatment Adherence Scale. Statistical analysis: a descriptive analysis of social disadvantages and risk of adherence will be carried out using frequencies, percentages and measures of central tendency. Expected results: We expect to identify and evaluate the psychopathological risks that most affect the patient's adherence to antihypertensive treatment and to improve their lifestyle.

Keywords : Psychopathological Risks, Adherences to Treatment, Arterial Hypertension.