Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica no paciente idoso, fatores dificultadores na adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso

Abstract

The biggest challenge of systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) in elderly patients is adherence to their treatment, therefore, this study aimed to identify the factors that influence in adherence to the treatment of hypertension in elderly hypertensive patients in our area, identify the main reasons referred to by hypertensive patients for the non-adherence to treatment and assess the level of knowledge of the patients about high blood pressure and risks. A sample of 307 hypertensive elderly patients, through the rapid assessment method. The results show that the main reason for non-adherence to drug treatment of the patient is the lack or little knowledge of disease and inadequate education level of patients, low economic level and the high cost of medicines that are not provided by SUS. It is concluded that our team has to plan intervention measures and actions with the objective of increasing the number of patients adhering to treatment and improve the quality of their lives.