Atenção farmacêutica ao idoso portador de hipertensão arterial: revisão da literatura

Abstract

Hypertension is a chronic disease that affects mainly the elderly population and has several impacts on health systems when it is not adequately treated. By observing the human being as a complex individual, Pharmaceutical Care is a strategy to optimize the using of antihypertensive drugs and improve treatment outcomes. This study aims a review of the literature to identify clinical, humanistic and economic impacts of the activities of Pharmaceutical Care in the population of elderly people with hypertension. The search was performed in Lilacs and Scielo databases with the descriptors in health: "pharmaceutical care", "Aged" and "hypertension".The search resulted in four articles: three studies evaluating the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up and their clinical outcomes; and one study evaluating health education outcomes and their clinical and humanistic outcomes. The results demonstrate that the provision of

clinical pharmacy services can help patients in pressure control by solving drug- related problems and health education for conscious self-care. However, the

pharmacist still faces barriers to the performance of these services and studies are needed to evaluate economic evidences.