Melhoria da assistência aos pacientes com hipertensão arterial sistêmica da equipe de saúde da família Milho Branco/Amazônia do município de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In Brazil and worldwide, systemic arterial hypertension is considered a serious public health problem. It affects a large part of adult and elderly individuals, contributing directly or indirectly to negative outcomes due to cardiovascular disease. There is a high demand for care from the entire health team in addressing this disease, as it is a chronic condition, requiring longitudinal monitoring to prevent and treat associated complications. When systemic arterial hypertension is not properly managed, the public system is burdened because it needs to absorb the demand for negative outcomes in secondary and tertiary care. OBJECTIVE: To develop and present an intervention plan to improve the approach to arterial hypertension, by the Milho Branco/ Amazônia Family Health team, in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. METHODOLOGY: Situational Strategic Planning was used to quickly estimate the problems observed and define the priority problem, critical nodes and actions. Nescon's Virtual Health Library and documents from public agencies and other search sources for bibliographic review were carried out. Among the problems identified in the diagnosis of the community served by the team 33, priority was given to the “increase in hypertensive patients outside the goal in the community”. Projects and solutions were suggested for critical nodes: deficit in the care of patients with systemic arterial hypertension, extensive area of territorial coverage of the unit and difficulties in the management of non-drug treatment. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The resolution of exposed critical nodes aims to improve the team's performance in carrying out preventive measures, educate the population and specially to increase patient adherence to non-pharmacological treatment, essential part of the fight against hypertension.