OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to check the tables of Hypertension Blood Pressure (HBP) and analysis of the major classes of oral antihypertensive agents used by patients members of the Therapeutic Unit - Bairral Industry office of the Institute of Psychiatry located at Itapira, SP. METHODOLOGY: The study sample consisted of 51 subjects aged between 52 and 87 years old, mostly suffering from psychiatric disorders and other clinical morbidities, being excluded from the sample patients with no history of hypertension and those whose blood pressure levels are considered normal by V Brazilian Guidelines on Hypertension. The material for this research was obtained from the literature review of books and scientific papers published in journals located in Medline, Lilacs and Scielo, with the key words: hypertension, antihypertensive; elderly. This is a cross-sectional study with data obtained from research records of technical notes for the characterization of the tables diagnosed with hypertension, considering anamnesis, physical examination on admission and daily control of blood pressure levels of patients in the Unit Office of Bairral Therapeutics Institute of Psychiatry, from the 18th to 25th September 2009, with subsequent analysis of the major classes of oral antihypertensive agents used. RESULTS: Of the 51 patients studied, 27 were included in the study because they were diagnosed with hypertension in the regarded period, accounting for 53% of the total number and having female predominance in 15 cases (56%). As the frequency of antihypertensive drugs prescribed in the sample, it was observed that inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) was the most widely used group of medicines especially captopril, followed by the group of thiazide diuretics. Concomitantly, ACE together with diuretics were the most frequently prescribed. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated a significant number of elderly people with hypertension in the Bairral sector office of the Institute of Psychiatry, suggesting clinical and medical care of this clientele. Drug therapy of hypertension treatment adopted for the sector in question is consistent with the recommended literature.
Pharmacology; Health of the Elderly; Clinical Symptoms Hypertension blood pressure; Antihypertensive; Elderly
