Intervenção educativa com pacientes portadores de hipertensão arterial na Estratégia de Saúde da Família Ermida 1, Divinópolis - Minas Gerais

Abstract

The Systemic Arterial Hypertension is the most frequent chronic disease at the global level and in this area of study, causing great economic impact for the health systems for society, due to the treatment and complications caused by hypertension, as well as cardiovascular disease, renal insufficiency and cerebrovascular accidents. It can be avoided or minimized with early diagnoses, timely and adequate treatment and education for self-care. For this reasons, this work has the objective of elaborate a proposal of educational intervention so that patients with arterial hypertension of Family Health Strategy Ermida 1, Divinópolis-Minas Gerais have best quality of life. The elaboration of this proposal was based on situational diagnosis and Situational Strategic Planning, in addition to a bibliographic research carried out in the Virtual Health Library, in the databases of SciELO, LILACS and MEDLINE, with the descriptors: hypertension, self-care and Education in Cheers. With this intervention we hope to reduce the pressure levels of hypertensive patients, reduce the possible complications of the disease, as well as reduce the number of cases that may appear, and improve the quality of life of users in our area of coverage.