A adesão das ações educativas realizadas por enfermeiros aos pacientes acometidos por hipertensão arterial sistêmica: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

This work aims to identify if the educational activities performed by nurses are effective for treatment adherence of patients with systemic hypertension. An integrative literature review was conducted comprised of six items obtained in the LILACS and BDENF bases, through the portal of the Virtual Health Library (BVS), using the descriptors and Boolean markers: education and nursing and hypertension actions. The inclusion criteria were: articles of the aforementioned databases published in the period 2010 to 2014 with the availability of full texts. Duplicate items in the database were excluded. Found that only a few studies on the subject in Brazil, and therefore the need for more studies in the educational activities carried out by nurses in adherence to treatment of patients with hypertension. It is believed that adherence to drug treatment and prevention and health promotion programs can improve the quality of life for patients.