Perfil sociodemográfico, comportamental, de saúde e farmacoterapêutico de usuários hipertensos da farmácia municipal de Santa Cruz do Sul - RS.

Abstract

Systemic arterial hypertension is a chronic disease that causes cardiovascular complications. Health professionals face a major problem with patients with SAH due to lack of adherence to treatment. The present study aimed to evaluate the sociodemographic, behavioral health and pharmacotherapeutic profile of hypertensive users of the municipal pharmacy of Santa Cruz do Sul - RS and to establish the relationship between these factors and adherence to drug treatment, in order to promote adherence to treatment and increase therapeutic resolution. This is a crosssectional study, where an interview was conducted with 100 patients with systemic arterial hypertension, users of the Santa Cruz do Sul Municipal Pharmacy -RS who are under drug treatment and who accepted to participate in the study. It was observed that the majority of interviewees were female (71%), in the age group of sixty or more (58%) and 50% of the patients interviewed did not adhere to the drug treatment. It is essential that health professionals provide subsidies to the patient to facilitate their understanding of the appropriate treatment for their clinical condition, so that the necessary medication can be effective and effective for the patient and it can have a good adherence to the therapeutic regimen, thus ensuring good control of their disease and avoiding the appearance of complications due to lack of adherence. It is important to plan a therapeutic scheme according to the profile of each patient, in order to obtain positive treatment results. The pharmacist is essential in this process.