Perfil e a prevalência do uso de antidepressivos e ansiolíticos em pacientes do grupo de hipertensos e diabéticos assistidos pelo SUS do município de Rio Pardo-RS.

Abstract

With increased longevity of the population, there is a higher prevalence of Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases such as Diabetes Melitus, Systemic Arterial Hypertension and central nervous system functioning, such as anxiety and anxiety, which are characteristic of how mental disorders more recurrent both in the world context and in the Brazilian population. For the discontinuation of a measure, health sessions and adverse effects become a quick measure to alleviate symptoms and patient satisfaction, which are often more intense, are more attractive. The objective of this study is to verify the prevalence and the profile of the user of anti-depressant medications and anti-depressants, enrolled in the group of hypertensive and diabetic patients of the Basic Unit of Health and Assistance to SUS in the city of Rio Pardo-RS. The study design was of descriptive cross - sectional character, based on the application of questionnaires in a first stage and the analysis of the data obtained in the second stage. The data were analyzed with the aid of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20.0, where the analysis was done through the Chisquare. The prevalence was 40.2% of the use of antidepressants and anxiolytics, with a predominance of women and the age group of 60 to 65 years, married patients with low schooling. However, it was not possible to obtain the association between these data and the use of the drugs in question, since a sample as a whole possessed the characteristics. However, the work contributes positively to a municipal contextualization, bringing important data to managers and health professionals, without the action plan for coping with the diseases.