Hipertensão arterial em idosos: promoção da adesão ao tratamento, educação, controle e qualidade de vida

Abstract

Hypertension is the most common conditions that affect the health of individuals and populations around the world, represents by itself a disease and a major risk factor for other diseases such as ischemic heart disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, cerebrovascular accident and their control reduces morbidity and mortality. Prevention is an important measure, and less costly to the health care system that the consequences of an inadequate treatment. There is a weakness in public policies aimed at the program of hypertension in Brazil and their discontinuities and insufficiency have caused deleterious effects on the clinical control and quality of life of patients. Health education carried out by the staff of the family health program is an important intervention instrument, because knowing the reality of the population attending, the interventions proposed by the multidisciplinary team may produce positive results improving the life quality of the population. The objective of this work is to develop educational intervention seeking control, prevention and health promotion targeting the elderly hypertensive patients of the health team, in relation to education, treatment adherence and control of modifiable risk factors. The methodology used included the situational strategic planning and review of literature, controls in the consultations of hypertension and diabetes mellitus programmed and questionnaires on own health unit. The research is social intervention developed from the identification of hypertensive elderly patients in the family health program Doctor Alirio Ribeiro de Paiva of the city Rio Novo, Minas Gerais State, in 2016-2017. The study group will be composed of hypertensive patients above 60 years. The team of the family health program has defined a protocol of care of patients on the calendar, where it' health unit and home visits with patients and family approaches.