Systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) is a chronic, asymptomatic and multifactorial disease, characterized by elevated and sustained pressure levels. SAH is the main risk factor for serious cardiovascular complications, such as acute myocardial infarction, chronic renal failure, stroke and heart failure. The objective of this study is to evaluate the adherence to the pharmacological treatment of systemic arterial hypertension in a pharmacy network in a city in the interior of Bahia. This is a descriptive and exploratory quantitative study, performed with 40 elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) in a network pharmacy in Vitória da Conquista, the pharmacy network has three establishments located in different locations in the city, thus covering several carrier profiles. As an instrument for evaluotioning adherence, a structured questionnaire was applied with socioeconomic variables, based on the adherence scales according to the Morisky and Green Test. The prevalence occurred in female representatives, who represented 52.5% of the total sample, the most important age group was among the elderly from 60 to 70 years old, by corresponding to 55% of the 40 hypertensive elderly interviewed, 45% have studied until the current fifth year. In reference to the monthly income of the family group, 65% of the interviewed affirmed that they receive from one to three minimum wages. According to the obtaining of the medicines, 33% of the participants purchase in public pharmacy, 35% in private network and 32% acquires in both parts. The approaching elements demonstrated the importance of implementing health care models that incorporate diverse individual and collective strategies in order to improve the quality of care and adherence to treatment.
The Hospital Pharmacy, is subjectively known as a "clinical care, technical and administrative unit, in which the activities performed are directed to pharmaceutical assistance, by constituting the organizational structure of the hospital and functionally integrated with the other administrative units and patient care," by having as responsible the pharmacist. The present study is about a descriptive research, using quantitative methods, in which the drugs suppliers of the Pharmaceutical Supply Center (PSC) of a Home Care in the city of Vitória da Conquista were evaluated in the period from February to April of 2019. The research field is an establishment classified as Home Care, that is a care service with patients in home care and urgency and emergency removals, specialized in the care from low to high complexity, with a spread of municipal care, regional and in some cities of the south, southwest and west of Bahia. It was identified in our results that a large number of drug suppliers had their own delivery, delivered the drug by the deadline, maintained the integrity of the drug, and all the ones had the lot equal to the electronic invoice (NFE). However, some suppliers did not have the vehicle suitability for transporting the medicines, the validity of the drug supplied was less than 12 months. It is perceived the importance of the pharmaceutical professional, both in storage as well as in transportation so that everything is done within the established standards by the health agencies. The handling of the medicines so that be prevented all kind of adverse events, be it contamination, expiration date, fake lots, damaged boxes must be taken into consideration all the aspects of safety.
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