Perfil epidemiológico de hipertensos e diabéticos assistidos em Unidade Básica de Saúde.

Abstract

Hypertension and diabetes are pathophysiologically related diseases that in their initial progression, they present an asymptomatic course. For this reason, the diagnosis and treatment are often overlooked. the work of primary and secondary prevention is very important to avoid the occurrence of target organ damage, as well as minimizing the social and economics of these pathologies. The objective of the present work was to trace the socio-epidemiological profile of the population assisted by the HIPERDIA program in Our Lady of Perpetual Help UBS in Carnaúba dos Dantas-RN. A data collection was carried out using a form previously elaborated by the doctor, nurse and community health agents to contemplate data such as medications used, evolution of exams complementary tests, clinical exams and risk factors. The study will be exploratory, descriptive, with a quali-quantitative approach. Having as a field research at UBSF Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Carnaúba dos Dantas-RN, encompassing as a population 249 patients registered in the HIPERDIA program, from October 2013 to May 2014. Data consolidation was performed using Microsoft Excel version 2011. It was observed that 158 ​​(63.5%) were female and 91 (36.5%) were male. male. Of the interviewees, 24 (23.1%) had the first degree incomplete and 21 (20.2%) were literate; 77 (41%) patients are retirees or pensioners. Of the total sample, 172 (69.1%) were hypertensive, 22 (8.8%) diabetics and 55 (24.2%) hypertensive and diabetic. All the 249 (100%) used medications to treat the diseases cited, identifying that 73.9% of the medications are obtained in the UBSF or at the popular pharmacy for free. Patients registered in the Hiperdia program of the referred health unit are part of a population at high risk of cardiovascular disease and high prevalence of non-adherence to the proposed treatment with regard to changes in lifestyle of life, as evidenced by the results. In view of the profile of studied population, it is necessary to implement programs of

prevention and promotion, in order to change this situation. And studies like this are fundamental to discover the flaws in Primary Health Care in the following the protocols, allowing the development of new methods for intervention and change in this reality.