Fatores de risco modificáveis em idosos hipertensos e diabéticos cadastrados na equipe de saúde da família Parque das Américas II do município de Uberaba Minas Gerais

Abstract

The present study is the analysis of elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus, registered in Family Health Team Parque das Américas II (Americas Park II), in Uberaba-Minas Gerais-Brasil. This project aims to characterize this population, identifying the prevalence of modifiable risk factors and the presence of complications of these diseases. The conceptual basis is accessed through review of articles, publications of the Ministry of Health, papers available on the Internet or by personal access. It is discussed the system that allows the monitoring of these patients, known as SISHIPERDIA, considering risk factors for hypertension and diabetes mellitus and its complications, modifiable risk factors. Common factors to both pathologies are identified. The work displays and analyses the local situation and recounts the steps of an operating group and how should approach health team to patients. Finally, assesses the scope of the proposed objectives and presents a reflection on the operating group, the amount of participants, and the perception of the need to a different approach and the possibility of drawing up strategies to cover as many patients possible with diabetes and/or hypertension, to decrease the index of the presented complications.