Projeto de intervenção educativa sobre a importância da adesão ao tratamento dos pacientes com Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica na Unidade Básica de Saúde José Roberto Pereira do município de Conceição das Pedras, Minas Gerais

Abstract

The Hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease. It is also the main riskfactor for the most common complications such as stroke and myocardial infarction, as well as end-stage renal disease. This work is to draw up an educational Intervention project on the importance of adherence to the treatment of arterial Hypertension in patients with this disease. The actions of this project will be developed by the health team of the family who work with people registered at UBS area Conceição das Pedras, Brazil. To achieve the objectives of this study, we used the steps proposed by the simplified method of situational strategic planning, to the end of the intervention a high level of knowledge about the importance of adherence to treatment of hypertension by patients and the consequent perception of risk of non-compliance with treatment, increasing thepatients' level of responsibility for the same.