Adesão farmacológica e conhecimento de pacientes anticoagulados / Pharmacological adherence and knowledge of anticoagulated patients

Resumo Objetivo: Investigar a adesao farmacológica e o conhecimento de pacientes sob terapia de anticoagulacao oral acompanhados ambulatorialmente. Método: Estudo transversal, com abordagem quantitativa. Resultados: 222 pacientes foram avaliados; destes, 60,8 % foram clasificados como nao aderentes, e 63,1 % possuiam conhecimento nao adequado em relacao ao anticoagulante oral. A nao adesao foi relacionada ao maior tempo de tratamento (p < 0,001) e aos pacientes com valores da Razao Normatizada Internacional (rni) fora da faixa terapeutica (p = 0,022). O conhecimento nao adequado foi asociado a baixa escolaridade (p < 0,001), ao sedentarismo (p = 0,027), ao menor tempo de acompanhamento ambulatorial (p < 0,001) e aos pacientes com valores da rni fora da faixa terapeutica (p = 0,012). Conclusões: Diante dos resultados, evidencia-se a necessidade de estrategias de educacao em saude que atendam a esse publico e que considerem a compreensao individual e a adesao farmacológica como algo crucial na terapia.

Resumen Objetivo: Investigar la adherencia farmacologica y el conocimiento de pacientes en tratamiento con anticoagulantes orales con acompañamiento en ambulatorio. Método: Estudio transversal con enfoque cuantitativo. Resultados: Se evaluaron 222 pacientes; de ellos el 60,8 % se clasificaron como no adherentes, y el 63,1 % poseian conocimiento inadecuado sobre la anticoagulacion oral. La no adhesion estaba relacionada con un tratamiento mas prolongado (p < 0,001) y con los pacientes con valores da International Normalized Ratio (inr) fuera del rango terapeutico (p = 0,022). El conocimiento no adecuado se asocio al menor nivel educativo (p < 0,001), al sedentarismo (p = 0,027), al menor tiempo de acompanamiento en ambulatorio (p < 0,001) y a los pacientes con valores de inr fuera del rango terapéutico (p = 0,012 ). Conclusión: Con base en los resultados se evidencia la necesidad de estrategias de educacion en salud que atiendan a ese publico, teniendo en cuenta la comprension individual y la adhesion farmacologica como algo crucial en la terapia.

Abstract Objective: To investigate the pharmacological adherence and the knowledge of patients undergoing oral anticoagulation therapy with outpatients follow-up. Method: Cross-sectional study with quantitative approach. Results: 222 patients were evaluated, of which 60.8 % were classified as non-adherents and 63.1 % had inadequate knowledge regarding oral anticoagulant. Non-adherence was related to longer treatment time (p <0.001) and to patients with inr values outside the therapeutic range (p = 0.022). Inadequate knowledge was associated with low educational level (p < 0.001), sedentary lifestyle (p = 0.027), shorter outpatient follow-up (p < 0.001), and patients with inr values outside the therapeutic range (p = 0.012). Conclusion: In view of the results, it is evident the need for health education strategies that address this public, considering individual understanding and pharmacological adherence as crucial in therapy.

[Overweight and obesity repercussion in the postoperative of myocardial revascularization surgery]. / Repercussão do sobrepeso e da obesidade no pós-operatório da cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica.

This is a descriptive, retrospective study with cross-sectional quantitative approach, which aimed to relate the body mass index with events in the postoperative period of the myocardial revascularization surgery with use of extracorporeal circulation. The data collection period was between April and June/2012. Patients were divided according to the body mass index and classified as without excess of weight, overweight or obese. The data analysis was based on the descriptive statistics. The patients without excess of weight had more complications, especially those related to the lungs. Among overweight and obese individuals, the cardiovascular complications stood out. The obese subjects had the worse prognostic. Obesity and overweight did not have statistically significant association with a higher frequency of postoperative complications, in spite of the occurrence of cardiovascular complications in this group. The patients without excess of weight had higher risks of developing neurological events.