Projeto de intervenção para aumentar a prevenção de insuficiência cardíaca em pacientes da Estratégia Saúde da Família-27 em Contagem, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Heart failure is a chronic disease and a progressive disorder, characterized by reduction in the efficiency of the heart muscle, through damage or overloading. There can be countless complications, and proper follow-up and therapy work to minimize them. The family health strategy function is the integral care of the users; the present paper presents a proposal of intervention to improve the follow-up and the attention to patients with heart failure. To carry out the proposal, a situational diagnosis was made of the population assisted by the health team, followed by a bibliographical review about the theme to provide theoretical support to the proposal. Afterwards, an action plan based on Situational Strategic Planning was elaborated. The critical nodes related to the treatment of the selected heart failure patient were poor knowledge about the disease; adherence to drug treatment and medical advice. In the intervention project, the following approaches were proposed: to provide more information about the disease to patients and their relatives; stimulate and explain the importance of using prescribed drugs; to advise on the importance of adequate food and on the control of other risk factors. Thus, it is hoped that there will be a reorganization of the entire work process of the Family Health Strategy-27, with a significant improvement in the quality of follow-up of patients with heart failure and, consequently, their health.