Fatores de risco de hipertensão arterial sistêmica na terceira idade

Abstract

T Hypertension is considered to be a serious public health problem, being responsible for much of the morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases. Your control aims to prevent irreversible lesions in the body and is directly related to the degree of adherence of hypertension to treatment. In the area covered by the family health team Novo Horizonte, municipality of Passos - MG, identified through the Situational diagnosis, that the majority of the elderly population has hypertension. The non-adherence of patients to treatment constitutes one of the most important problems faced by health care professionals. Therefore the aim of this study is to elaborate a project of intervention with a view to improving the quality of life of the elderly with hypertension in the scope of the health team. The methodological procedures include: Situational diagnosis, review of narrative literature and elaboration of the intervention project. Interventions have been proposed as home visits and educational activities with a view to auto care must be continuous and evaluated. With this project it is expected to maintain adequate blood pressure levels of patients and hence provide a better quality of life for them