Causas do abandono ao tratamento da hipertensão de pacientes de uma unidade de saúde da família – Belém/PA

Objective: Identify the abandonment causes of the hypertension treatment and trace the socio-demographic profile of users in one Family Health Unit (FHU). Methodology: This is a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study, which investigated the possible abandonment causes treatment for hypertension offered by FHU Canal da Visconde between January 1 to December 31, 2014, with structured questionnaire to registered users that FHU and have discontinued the treatment for a period less than 60 days. Results: We identified 56 patients who met the inclusion criteria, and the majority were female (76.8%, p = 0.0001), had performed the treatment for hypertension at FHU (78.6%, p <0.0001) and was the responsibility of the morning professionals (85.7%, p <0.0001). The main reason for abandoning the treatment for these users is by having health insurance (33.9%) and do follow-up elsewhere (28.6%) (p = 0.0093). Conclusion: The success of hypertension treatment is directly related to adherence to treatment, therefore, the issues involved in the abandonment should be fully investigated in order to be identified and serve as subsidies to minimize the drop-out rate.