%0 Journal Article %T Efic¨¢cia da educa o em sa¨²de no tratamento n o medicamentoso da hipertens o arterial Effectiveness of education in health in the non-medication treatment of arterial hypertension %A Thatiane Lopes Oliveira %A Leonardo de Paula Miranda %A Patr¨ªcia de Sousa Fernandes %A Ant£¿nio Prates Caldeira %J Acta Paulista de Enfermagem %D 2013 %I Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo %X OBJETIVO: Verificar a efic¨¢cia da educa o em sa¨²de na ades o ao tratamento n o medicamentoso da hipertens o arterial. M¨¦TODOS: Foram analisados h¨¢bitos referentes ¨¤ alimenta o, ¨¤ atividade f¨ªsica e ao uso de tabaco e ¨¢lcool, bem como avalia o de medidas antropom¨¦tricas e n¨ªveis press¨®ricos, antes e ap¨®s a realiza o de grupos de educa o em sa¨²de em 216 hipertensos. RESULTADOS: Houve mudan a estatisticamente significante no consumo de legumes, na ades o ¨¤ pr¨¢tica de atividade, na redu o do ¨ªndice de massa corp¨®rea e da circunfer¨ºncia abdominal e no controle da press o arterial, ap¨®s os grupos de educa o em sa¨²de. CONCLUS O: A educa o em sa¨²de proposta foi eficaz no incentivo ¨¤ ades o ao tratamento n o medicamentoso da hipertens o arterial, evidenciando a relevancia da ado o dessas estrat¨¦gias educacionais pelos profissionais de sa¨²de. OBJECTIVE: To verify the efficacy of health education on the adherence to non-pharmacological treatment in arterial hypertension. METHODS: Habits related to nutrition, physical activity and use of tobacco and alcohol were analyzed, as well as assessment of anthropometric and blood pressure levels, before and after the performance of group health education in 216 hypertensive patients. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant change in the consumption of legumes, in the adherence to physical activity, in the reduction of body mass index and abdominal circumference, and in the control of arterial pressure, after the health education groups. CONCLUSION: The proposed health education was effective in incentivizing the adherence to non-pharmacological treatment in arterial hypertension, evidenced by the relevance of the adoption of these educational strategies %K Aten o prim¨¢ria ¨¤ sa¨²de %K Educa o em sa¨²de %K Efic¨¢cia %K Hipertens o %K Promo o da sa¨²de %K Primary health care %K Health education %K Efficacy %K Hypertension %K Health promotion %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002013000200012