Organization of the therapeutic education process in hypertension at the level of primary health care

Abstract

High blood pressure is a major public health problem, with indicators of morbidity and mortality being alarming. Therapeutic education in hypertension increases the level of awareness, blood pressure control and prevents complications. The aim of the study is to evaluate the process of organizing the therapeutic education of patients with hypertension at the level of primary health care in the Republic of Moldova. Study design: descriptive, transversal, by applying the questionnaire developed in the interest of the study. Study methods: statistical, synthetic, comparative, graphical. Th e study involved 371 respondents, of which 65% family physicians, 35% nurses. The majority of medical staff (98.1%) consider therapeutic education important, 87.3% recognized the definition of therapeutic education and its benefits: blood pressure control (90.6%); decrease in mortality caused by complications (81.7%); increasing treatment compliance (72.5%); disease awareness (65.5%). The surveyed medical staff demonstrated a disproportionate involvement in the 4 stages of the organization process: 42.3% are involved in the planning stage, 93.0% - implementation 29.1% - evaluation and 54.2% - organization. The process of organizing therapeutic education is incomplete, due to the lack or insufficiency of planning and evaluation of therapeutic education of patients with hypertension.