Uso inadequado de medicamentos e baixa adesão ao tratamento na zona rural do município de Abaeté/MG: Projeto de Intervenção

Abstract

The systemic Arterial hypertension (SAH) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) are serious public health problems, not only in Brazil, but worldwide and have contributed to increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases. Because these are diseases that usually manifest themselves silently, often the diagnosis is not made in its correct time and, when diagnosed, treatment is not taken to the letter by patients for lack of motivation, information and resources. Adherence to medication is considered one of the main determinants for that treatment is effective and in recent years has become subject of several researches. The misuse of drugs and the low treatment adherence have been chosen as the theme of this work because they were considered priorities by the health team where I work, as well as common problems in many family health teams across the country. In addition to common, are quite relevant, once your correction can prevent many complications of patients, improving the quality of life of the same, increasing survival and reducing costs to the health system. This study had as objective: develop an intervention project aimed at improving adherence to treatment and ensure the appropriate use of medications, thus avoiding the evil consequences of inadequate control of chronic diseases in the area of Rural Family Health Team Terezinha Nicoli in the municipality of Abaeté, Minas Gerais. To subsidize the theoretical approach, was held a review on literature in databases Scientific Eletronic Libray Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), and National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE). We believe that with this intervention project and awareness of patients, we can minimize the impacts of poorly treated chronic diseases and increase survival and quality of life of this population.