Interdependence in the therapeutic compliance of hypertensive older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Autor(a) principal: de Oliveira Lopes,Thamyres
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: de Castro Santos,Jéssica, Ribeiro Bitencourt,Graziele, Mônica Andrade,Angélica, Alves Silva,Renan, Lopes,Rafael Oliveira Pitta
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342022000100429
• topic: Adaptation; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Hypertension; Aged; Coronavirus Infections; Nursing Theory

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze stimuli and behaviors related to interdependence and their implications for compliance with the therapeutic regimen of older adults with hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: a multiple case, qualitative study, carried out with fifteen older adults treated at a Family Health Strategy unit. A characterization instrument and semi-structured interview were used for data collection. Data were processed in NVivo12, submitted to thematic content analysis, based on Roy’s interdependence mode. Results: the reports seized showed that the family has meaning as a therapeutic support network, as well as health services, neighbors, friends and religious institutions. Two categories emerged: Stimuli and adaptive behaviors related to interdependence in the pandemic: implications for compliance; Ineffective stimuli and behaviors related to interdependence in the pandemic: implications for compliance. Conclusion: adaptive and ineffective behaviors related to interdependence during the adjustment to the new condition of social distancing demonstrate the need for greater professional attention to achieve compliance with treatment.