Proposta de intervenção para melhoria da adesão de hipertensos ao acompanhamento ambulatorial

Abstract

The Basic Health Unit Mrs. Darcy is in the municipality Rio Pomba and it has as the main problem poor adherence of hypertensive patients to treatment. The high blood pressure is a silent disease which can cause serious damage to health, if not controlled. Such damage involving cardiovascular, renal and cerebral problems that lead the loss of quality of life and even death. So if prioritized act on this problem through the critical nodes defined by staff, who were; Information level, Habits and Lifestyles, Work Process Team and Available Resources. For this, the work of a multidisciplinary team and educational activities in the unit will be required as well as frequent home visits, so that the objectives are achieved. It is expected that, within the set deadlines, hypertensive patients of unit, can adhere to treatment in fact, perform self-care and significantly improve their quality of life.