GOMES, G. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3955571808107892; GOMES, Gabriela dos Santos.
Resumen:
This study aimed to assess the adherence to treatment of individuals with diabetes and
hypertension treated at the basic health network of the town of Cajazeiras - PB. It is a
transversal observational and quantitative study with descriptive statistical analysis from the
utilization of a semi-structured questionnaire as well as administration of the Morisky-Green
validated scale for verification of the degree of adherence towards the drug treatment. The
quantitative results were presented from descriptive techniques (percentage and absolute
frequencies, measures of central tendency and dispersion) and analytical with the support of
Graph Pad Prism version 5.0. The association of factors has been verified through the Chisquare
test. The sample was composed by 80 users enrolled in the Hiperdia program, during
January-August 2011 in eight Family Health Units of the town of Cajazeiras - PB. The study
subjects present the following profile: they are predominantly women (76,25%), are between
61 and 70 years old (35%), nonwhite (60%), are married (48,75%), unfinished Elementary
School (62,50%), have retirement (67,50%), receive individual monthly income between one
and four minimum wages (82,50%), are sedentary (61,25%), nonsmokers (90,0%), nor are
alcoholics (73,75%) are on a diet (82,50%), use medicine for diabetes (92,5%) and
hypertension (98,75%), have been treated for more than two years (75%), did not interrupt
treatment (88,75%) and do not have any difficulties in talcing their medication (87,50%). Half
of the interviewed considers good the attendance in the FHU, however, only a little over onethird
reports to get all the medications for the treatment of both diseases in the FHU. The
result of the Morisky-Green test evidenced a low level behavior of adherence to treatment
medication (63,75%). The low degree of adherence was observed in relation to all the
evaluated factors, however, only the schooling factor has shown a statistically significant
difference according to the Chi-square test. It was concluded that more effective interventions
must be developed by the health teams, in order to improve the rates of treatment adherence.