Abstract
To establish the prevalence of adherence to the treatment of Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) in the area of a family health strategy in Pará. Quantitative, cross-sectional and retrospective study on the characteristics and profile of patients with SAH who adhered to the treatment, carried out through observing and collecting data from elements previously filled in the medical records of the unit in question, answering the questions raised in the individual questionnaire. 62 participants were evaluated, 66.1% women, 64.5% elderly, 35.5% Eutrophic, 64.5% overweight, 45.2 classified as Hypertensive, 32.3% with Stage 1 Hypertension, 71 % use medication, 47.7% used Losartana, and 62.9% abandoned treatment. Thus, it was possible to establish and correlate these data with information from other studies, making it possible to establish among the participants characteristics that corroborated the adherence or abandonment of the treatment and the profile of these individuals. The prevalence of adherence to treatment, of the participants, with systemic arterial hypertension are female individuals, over 60 years old, who present hypertension, BMI above normal weight, make use of medicines, mainly, once a day, being the most used are Losartana, Hydrochlorothiazide and Captropil.