Meanings of Hydration Habits with Pure Water in the Adult Population of Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca

Abstract

Introduction. The purpose of this article is to analyze what causes the hydration patterns among 10 adults that drink plain water. The participants were between the age of 18 and 65 years of age and lived in the urban center of Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca. Methodology. A qualitative study with a phenomenological approach was carried out, anchored in the Theory of nurses Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith. Sampling was for convenience to access the content of significance by collecting thoughtful material through semi-structured interviews. The interviews were transcribed and categorized. The categories of analysis categories included hydration patterns of the study participants; beverage consumption preferences; and effects attributable to beverages. Results. There is a link between drinking purified water and one’s memory of other people or events. Likewise, the appropriation of meanings that incorporate, modify and reject consumption habits learned in childhood and the family environment is identified. Discussion/Conclusions. Analyzing the consumption of purified water using the Theory of History showed that people acquire, change and modify their behavior as they relate to the world around them. Living in a state where the past and future are questioned in the here and now is a result of a process of meaning. Therefore, if you want to change the country’s morbidity and mortality conditions, it isnecessary to know how the sociohistorical elements have in the influenced / affected health-disease processes.