Introduction:

A common pathology in the Neurosurgery Service is chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH), affecting elderlymalepatients.Itisanaccumulationofbloodthatislocatedinthesubduralspacethatcanoccur spontaneously or be the result of a head injury or other pathologies such as high blood pressure (HBP), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), alcoholism, or external factors such as head trauma (CT) and consumption of platelet antiaggregants.

Objective:

To determine how predisposing factors are associated with CSDH in adults and older adults treated at the Neurosurgery and Geriatrics Service at the María Auxiliadora Hospital (HMA) in 2016-2020.

Methods:

An analytical, observational, retrospective study of cases and controls was carried out through data collection from medical records.

Results:

Association was found with age 60 to 96 years (adjusted OR = 2,52; 95% CI: 1,43 - 4,80), male gender (adjusted OR = 4,10; 95% CI: 2,30 - 7,60), alcohol consumption (adjusted OR = 3,06; 95% CI: 1,06- 8,83), hypertension (adjusted OR = 2,51; 95% CI: 1,16- 5,43), DM2 ( Adjusted OR = 2,49; 95% CI: 1,03-6,01) and CT (adjusted OR = 3,35; 95% CI: 1,87- 6,03).

Conclusions:

The sociodemographic factors age and sex are associated with HSDC. Alcohol consumption, hypertension, DM2, and history of TC are associated with HSDC.

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