<b>The adhesion to the treatment for old with arterial high blood pressure in basic unit of health of João Pessoa, Paraíba State</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.7708

Abstract

The principal strategy to avoid the complications of the high blood pressure is based on the medicamental treatment and not medicamentally. However the result or therapeutic failure depends on the adhesion that for his time consists of the principal challenge. Aimed analyze the adhesion to the medicamental treatment and not medicamentally for old with arterial high blood pressure. Study of the descriptive, where 25 patients above 60 years in the unity of health, in 2008, in João Pessoa, Paraíba State. Regarding medicamental adhesion, 12 tells to do correct use of the medication whereas 13 stops taking the medication, among the principal reasons for not adhesion to the medicamental treatment told by the informants they were the oblivion (10); the absence of symptoms (8); and the desmotivação (7); between others. Considering the non-medicamental variables, it was obtained that you punish four were considered totally followers to the therapeutics, followers 19 partially and only not followers revealed 2. As for the difficulties to follow the treatment, 12 of the users reported how being the continuation of the diet and the changes in the way of life. The obtained results indicate a low adhesion to the treatment anti-hypertensive and suggest strategies that make easy a better adhesion to the measures of control of the hypertension.