Projeto de intervenção para melhorar a adesão ao regime terapêutico em idosos hipertensos da Unidade Básica de Saúde de Ravena, município de Sabará, Minas Gerais

Abstract

The growth of the elderly population is associated with the high prevalence of chronic diseases. Among them, Systemic Arterial Hypertension represents a public health problem due to high incidence and prevalence values, as well as the impact of its aggravating factors on this population. The disease is associated with an important increase in cardiovascular events with consequent decrease in survival and worsening of quality of life in the elderly. The orange team of the Ravena Basic Health Unit in Sabará / MG has an area of 3,000 inhabitants, of which 218 are registered by Hypertension with high prevalence among the elderly. This disease was defined by the team as the main health problem. The treatment of arterial hypertension is based on medication treatment, the adoption of dietary care and the practice of physical activity. For all this, special attention should be given to the factors that interfere in the process of adherence to the therapeutic regimen. The present study had the objective of elaborating an Intervention Project to improve adherence in hypertensive elderly. This project consists of several stages: the review of the literature on the subject and the elaboration of the action plan using as a methodological basis the Strategic Situational Planning. The plan's proposal seeks to identify the causes of non-adherence and carry out educational activities in the target population, reduce the incidence of complications and deaths, and improve the quality of life of this population.