[The patient with arterial hypertension under outpatient treatment. The influence of variables, the knowledge of the complications of the disease and the expectations regarding nursing care (III)].

This study analysed the knowledge about complications of arterial hypertension and influence of some variables. The population constituted of eighty patients. The stroke and infarct were the complications from hypertension related. The knowledge about hypertension most related was causes of disease and its complications. The expectancy about nursing care was to obtain orientation on the disease.