Fatores que interferem na história da doença de pessoas com diagnóstico de hipertensão arterial: uma abordagem a partir do genograma e ecomapa / Factors that interfere in the history of the disease of people diagnosed with hypertension: an approach based on the genogram and ecomap
From the perspective of the expanded concept of health, family and community seem to contribute to the health- disease processes of individuals and their treatment, and their understanding is important for the management of care. Thus, through genogram and ecomap, the objective was to understand factors that interfere in the history of the disease of people diagnosed with arterial hypertension, followed up in Primary Health Care. Ten individuals participated in this study. They were enrolled in a Basic Health Unit in the municipality of Recife, separated into groups of compensated or decompensated type for the chronic condition studied. Data collection was conducted through Focal LifeHistory and analyzed according to the Calgary Family Assessment Model. Later, the information was transferred to genograms and ecomaps. In the group of patients compensated for arterial hypertension, it is suggested that social, family, and community cohesion, shown graphically by the ecomap and genogram, positively influences the history of the disease and its treatment. On the contrary, in the group of decompensated patients, where there is little social equipment and relationships in conflict or mostly cut off, these aspects contribute in some way to the poor control of the chronic condition.