PHARMACOTHERAPY AMONG PATIENTS FROM HEALTH SERVICE IN ARACAJU, SE, BRAZIL
Abstract
Some of the complications of Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus could be preventable with primary care services and changes on patients’ diet habit. Aiming to reduce the problems associated with the pharmacotherapy, Hiperdiais a good strategy. However, compliances problems still happened. The objective of the study was to evaluate the degree of adherence to pharmacotherapy and knowledge of patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes enrolled in a Basic Health Unit in Aracaju, SE. Patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus have been showed the same rate (79%) of hits and they were classified according Batalla test as doers of drug treatment. Another key to understand the factors that associate low degree of membership aspect are the analysis of the Morisky and Green test. Following to the test, only 15% of patients were classified as adherent to medication treatment. Most significant results were from patients who had low level of compliance, resembled both intentions profile such as educational factors. Summarizing, will be necessary to create appropriate educational strategies for these groups to clarify the Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus
Keywords
Sadhesion; high blood pressure; Diabetes mellitus
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Infarma - Ciências Farmacêuticas
ISSN - 2318-9312 (Versão eletrônica)
ISSN - 0104-0219 (Versão impressa)
Conselho Federal de Farmácia - CFF
SHIS QI 15 Lote "L" - Lago Sul - Brasília - DF
CEP: 71635-615 - Fone: (61)3878-8751
e-mail:infarma@cff.org.br
Diretoria
Walter da Silva Jorge João, Presidente do Conselho Federal de Farmácia
Lenira da Silva Costa, Vice-Presidente do Conselho Federal de Farmácia
João Samuel de Morais Meira, Tesoureiro do Conselho Federal de Farmácia
Luiz Gustavo de Freitas Pires, Secretário-Geral do Conselho Federal de Farmácia