The Dader Method in pharmaceutical attention of hypertensive patients at Pontal do Araguaia/MT, Brazil: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20143804402409

Hypertension has a high prevalence and low control rates, being considered one of the worst public health challenges. Inthis context, pharmaceutical care has been established as a new clinical practice for the pharmacist. The objective of thisstudy was to investigate the control of hypertension in a...

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Autores: Spegiorin Sala Brune, Maria Fernanda, Ferreira, Ellen Eliane, Kusano Bucalen Ferrari, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Centro Universitário São Camilo
Repositorio:O Mundo da Saúde (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs3.revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br:article/357
Acceso en línea:https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/357
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Assistência à Saúde. Hipertensão. Atenção Farmacêutica.
Delivery of Health Care. Hypertension. Pharmaceutical Care.
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Sumario:Hypertension has a high prevalence and low control rates, being considered one of the worst public health challenges. Inthis context, pharmaceutical care has been established as a new clinical practice for the pharmacist. The objective of thisstudy was to investigate the control of hypertension in adults according to the Dader Method of Pharmacotherapy Monitoring.The Dader Method of Pharmacotherapy Monitoring was applied to 25 patients with continued use of antihypertensivemedications, registered in the “Unidade Básica de Saúde” (Basic Health Unit) at Pontal do Araguaia-MT, Brazil,during three months. The analysis was done through descriptive statistics and Student’s t test for paired samples. Amongthe data obtained, it was found that 100% of the patients presented drug related problems, requiring 133 pharmaceuticalinterventions aimed at addressing these problems. The most common PRM was not using the medicine needed by the patient.At baseline, 40% of patients had uncontrolled hypertension despite prescribed treatment. After the pharmaceuticalinterventions, all patients had a reduction in blood pressure, and only 8% did not reach the normal blood pressure levels.The application of Dader Method resulted in significant improvement in blood pressure of patients throughout the pharmacotherapymonitoring, confirming its importance in the outpatient management of hypertension.