Adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso de adultos autorreferidos com diagnóstico de hipertensão / Adhesion to medicinal treatment of adults with hypertension
Adhesion level to medicinal treatment by adults diagnosed with hypertension is identified by a descriptive and transversal study involving 213 people diagnosed with hypertension and participating in arterial hypertension campaign in a town in the hinterland of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected by half-structured interviews and by Morisky & Green questionnaire. Most participants (84%) failed to adhere to medicinal treatment, with females complying most with adhesion. Adhesion impairments comprised difficulties in changes in lifestyle, irregular visits to the doctor´s and medicine timetable. Adhesion to medicinetreatment is a complex and multifactor process that needs special attention by the multiprofessional health team to increase adhesion rates and life quality of patients.