Use, Prescription and Dispensing of Drugs to Elderly Patients with Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in the City of Amazônia, Brazil

Abstract

Objective:To analyze the therapeutic process of hypertensive and diabetic elderly assisted in Hiperdia program UBS city of Ariquemes, Rondônia, Brazil.Method: The research model was a quantitative study, cross, which was used pre-structured form.The sample consisted of 196 patients with hypertension and / or diabetes between 60 and 92 years.Results: Predominantly female 66.9%, a consumption of 5.40 per individual medications, and frequent self-medication few physiological parameters described in the charts.Overweight and obesity prevalence in the elderly 78.9%, 67.5% with systolic blood pressure above 140 mmHg and 79.3% with greater than 125 mg glucose / dL.Statistical tests observing pool was applied between the amount of medication and self-medication (p = 0.001) correlation with significance between age and systolic