HyperDia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Introduction: In the pandemic context of Covid-19, chronic diseases like arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, their multiple aspects and the impact that produces in the health system maki it important the discussion about the control strategies of these conditions. In this perspective, the national program of arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus (HyperDia) in the health space demand of the professional nurses the development of strategies to control of these conditions in a moment of overload of the health system, considering that users registered with HyperDia are a risk group to severe forms of the Covid-19. Objective: To analyze the performance of nurses inserted in the HyperDia program and to know the main points of the nurse consultation during the pandemic. Methods: The methodology runs through qualitative, descriptive research with content analysis. This research involved four reference nurses of the HyperDia on different Units of Primary Health Care of one sanitary district on Salvador, Bahia. Results: The strategies developed for the prevention and control of users registered in the program are aimed at maintaining social distance, validation, and extension of the prescription. Conclusion: The Covid-19 pandemic puts hypertensive and diabetic patients in conditions to enhance the risk factors and complications inherent to hypertension and diabetes mellitus. In this field, nurses struggle to mitigate the consequences and difficulties imposed on workers, exacerbated by the lack of personal protective equipment and testing.