Avaliação da adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso em pacientes diabéticos e hipertensos usuários de uma farmácia em Rio Pardo - RS.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are chronic diseases that are prevalent and cause more complications. In the control of diabetes mellitus and hypertension, the lack of adherence to the treatment by the patient is a big problem found by health professionals. It is extremely important to know the factors that can interfere with the patient's adherence, so that a therapeutic scheme can be proposed according to the profile of each patient, in order to obtain positive treatment results. The objective of this study was to evaluate the adherence to drug treatment in diabetic and hypertensive patients using a pharmacy in Rio Pardo, RS, besides analyzing the socioeconomic, behavioral and health profile of these patients, establishing the relationship between these factors and adherence to treatment with the goal of promoting better adherence to treatment and increasing therapeutic efficacy. A cross-sectional study was carried out in which 100 patients with diabetes mellitus and / or hypertension, aged 18 years or older, attended the Pharmacy in Rio Pardo who were undergoing drug treatment and who accepted to participate in the study. Patients with rheumatism / arthritis / arthritis 69.2% were associated with hypertension and / or diabetes mellitus, adverse reactions caused by certain medications 83.3%, are also related to adherence, diabetics and hypertensives who reported having difficulty reading the packaging of the drug 60.6%, read the 51.1% prescription, to remember to take the medicine 83, 3%, to get the medicine 50% and to take many tablets at the same time 80%. It was concluded that 40% of the participants do not adhere to the drug treatment, it was also observed in relation to the participants' profile that the non-adherent patients have a more advanced age group. There is a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors with a significant association with nonadherence. It is essential that health professionals provide patient subsidies to facilitate understanding of the appropriate treatment for their clinical condition, so that the necessary medication can be effective and effective for the patient and can have a good adherence to the therapeutic regimen. ensuring good control of their disease and avoiding the appearance of complications due to lack of adherence. The pharmacist is extremely important in this process.