Self-care engagement profile for people with arterial hypertension

Abstract

This descriptive study aims to verify the engagement profi le in self-care in hypertensive people attended in a Family Health Basic Unit. We used the tools to establish the self-care engagement profi le considering the Orem self-care theory. Thirty one people were registered and searched on the Hyper/Day in 2004. We so identifi ed the self-care requirements with a positive score related to the elimination; the adaptations to the modifi cations of the vital cycle; social adaptation; illness knowledge and its treatment; acceptance to the diagnostic; adaptation to the health problem and to the oriented behavior; poor food and liquid intake; imbalance between loneliness and social interaction; life risk prevention and well-being as well as health promotion. We got to the conclusion that part of the people who have arterial hypertension followed up by FHP have a good self-care engagement considering the performed actions.