Adesão ao tratamento e hábitos de vida de hipertensos

Objective: To analyze adherence to antihypertensive treatment and lifestyle of hypertensive patients. Methods: Cross-sectional study with hypertensive patients from the Family Health Strategy of Lacerdopolis, SC. We used interview and the Brief Medication Questionnaire. Results:Participated 72 patients, 68.1% women, mean age 68.4 years (± 12.1). Regarding adherence to treatment, 6.9% are adherents, 19.4% are likely to join, 70.8% are likely to be low adherents and 2.8% are low adherents. Those who used multiple doses were less adherent (p = 0.00), failed to list what they used (p=0.03), and omitted more (p=0.02). There are difficulties for reading, opening and remembering the medication every day, and 19.4% reported failure of days or doses.Conclusion: There are difficulties to list medication in use, read, open and remember to take the medication, especially in those over 60 years. Multi-dose prescription significantly interferes with adherence to treatment and correct use of medication