Proposta de intervenção para melhoria da qualidade de vida de pacientes idosos com hipertensão.

Abstract

Systemic hypertension (SH) is a chronic disease with high prevalence in the Brazilian and world population and represent a cause for concern for health professionals and patients can cause a number of complications, such as acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents, causing functional limitations loss of independence and impaired quality of life of this population and even death. This paper presents an intervention project with the aim of increasing adherence to drug treatment of hypertension enrolled population to the territory of the Health Unit of Grace Sandra Moreira in the municipality of Esmeraldas- MG. Literature review was carried out related to the theme improvement of the elderly quality of life with hypertension intervention using the Virtual Health Library, the Virtual Library of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), the LILACS database and built an intervention project on the issue with the Health Unit of Grace Sandra Moreira. The intervention project included strategies to increase knowledge about the disease, stimulate change in eating habits and physical activities as well as actions to reorganize the team work process and restructuring of the reference systems and multidisciplinary approach.