Orientação à mudança do estilo de vida: uma abordagem fundamental na síndrome metabólica

Abstract

This study aimed to develop an action plan to encourage changes in lifestyle of patients with metabolic syndrome Family Health Strategy Vila Formosa by a multidisciplinary team. The situational diagnostic revealed that many users had the diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome and others had the presence of isolated risk factors. Based on this problem the following critical nodes were selected: inadequate screening and diagnosis, limited understanding of the patient about their disease; inefficient multidisciplinary intervention; low adherence by patients to change their lifestyle. Based on these critical nodes was proposed a plan of action in order to motivate the participation of a multidisciplinary group in confronting these problems. This multidisciplinary group aimed to educate the patient about the metabolic syndrome and to propose activities to reduce the risk of clinical complications imposed by the disease. The implementation of this project involves the changing process of team work and technical and financial support of health managers.