title: [Blood pressure control and adherence/attachment in hypertensive users of primary health care].
abstract: This is a population-based, descriptive, and analytic study conducted with a randomized and probabilistic sample comprising 340 hypertensive individuals representative of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) Service in Joio Pessoa, PB, Brazil. The present study corresponds to the first part of a cohort started in 2008. The instrument used was an adaptation of the Primary Care Assessment Tool revalidated in Brazil. Logistic regression was used to investigate the associations between blood pressure (BP) control, sociodemographic variables, and an indicator of adherence/ attachment. Among the 340 hypertensive participants, 32.6% were followed up at the FHS, and 89.1% exhibited satisfactory adherence/ attachment. The older adults were more likely to control BP, which suggests a more accurate self-care perception and greater adherence to treatment. The present study highlights the problem posed by the control of hypertension by means of the assessment of services. We expected the present model to be applied at other locations to generate parameters to compare different municipalities.
authors.affiliation: Doutoranda em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Professora das Faculdades ASPER. Jodo Pessoa, PB, Brasil. christianasouto@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Christiana Souto
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Pós-Doutorado pela Johns Hopkins Public Health School, USA.
authors.forename: Neir Antunes
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Paes
authors.affiliation: Doutora em Enfermagem pela Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. Professora da Universidade Federal da Paraiba. Membro do Nicleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Epidemiológicas, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Tânia Maria Ribeiro Monteiro
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Doutora em Saúide Publica pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professora da Universidade Estadual da Paraiba. Membro do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Epidemiológicas. Campina Grande, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida Alves
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Doutora em Enfermagem pela Universidade de Sao Paulo. Professora do Departamento de Enfermagem em Saide Pujblica e Psiquiatria e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Modelos de Decisao e Saúde da Universidade Federal da Paraiba. Joao Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Tereza Medeiros Cavalcanti
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraiba. Professora da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana Sousa Soares
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: de Araújo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D055815:Young Adult; D016903:Drug Monitoring