Atuação dos profissionais da atenção primária à saúde no controle da tuberculose: uma revisão integrativa da literatura.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the Koch bacillus, being considered an illness former, but that still permeates within the current society as a public health emergency. Despite scientific advances have contributed to the reduction of the coefficients of incidence and mortality, the disease is still endemic in Brazil, occupying the 16th position in the absolute numbers of cases of tuberculosis. Based on this perspective, this research had as objective to summarize the scientific knowledge produced between the years of 2010 and 2015 about the development of professionals of primary health care in the control of tuberculosis. The present study consists in an integrative literature review of scientific, held in the month of May 2015 in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) in the following databases: LILACS, Scielo and BDENF, collects SUS. As the search strategy was used the intersection of the term tuberculosis with the descriptors: nursing; Family health; public health and primary health care. The final sample of studies sum marised the 23 publications had with result as regards the publication year, 2010 and 2011 showed a greater quantity of 26% each. According to the methodological approach, 46% correspond to quantitative studies. In relation to the professionals involved in this study, was of nurses with 70%. Regarding the titration of the first author 31% corresponds to doctors. The region of greatest publication was the Southeast with 35%. After reading the articles and results summarization, was performed the discussion of three subcategories: Main weaknesses found in the Family Health Strategy about the control of tuberculosis; Factors that influence the non-adherence to tuberculosis treatment; level of professional knowledge of Family Health Strategy about tuberculosis. Through the studies analyzed, it was evidenced that several factors come hindering the actions for the control of tuberculosis, preventing the therapeutic success and consequently the disease control, As the lack of qualification added with the rotation of professionals and the shortage of inputs, resulting in an ineffective assistance to patients bacilíferos.