Baixa adesão ao tratamento médico de hipertensão na equipe do programa de saúde da família do município de São Sebastião de Vargem Alegre - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Systemic arterial hypertension is a health problem which can cause serious complications if not treated properly. It's a chronic disease that affects the Brazilian populations due to several factors. Elderly patients are more prone to hypertension, and special attention should be paid to factors which affect the process of adherence to the treatment. There are several factors that contribute to the non-use of the medication according to the prescription. The hypertensive elderly patients who fail to adhere to treatment correctly ends up compromising their health, enabling serious complications, and developing problems like cardiovascular diseases, stroke, kidney diseases, heart attack, among others. The current study is a literature review which discusses the difficulties that elderly patients face to use their medications correctly. The project is important to address the risk to which these hypertensive patients are exposed and also to promote health assistance, providing an better quality of life.