AVALIAÇÃO DA ATENÇÃO À PESSOA PORTADORA DE DOENÇA RENAL CRÔNICA NA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA À SAÚDE NA PERSPECTIVA DE USUÁRIOS, FAMILIARES E PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease is a serious public health problem. Diabetes Mellitus and Arterial Hypertension are the main causes of the disease, easily diagnosed and treated by programs used in public health. Primary Health Care is the level of preferential attention to promote prevention and early diagnosis of cases of the disease. Objective: To evaluate the attention given to the person with Chronic Renal Disease in Basic Health Care from the perspective of patients, family members and health professionals. Methodology: Qualitative evaluation research performed in households of patients with Chronic Renal Disease, hemodialysis units and Basic Health Units of Belém-Pará. Participants were patients with chronic kidney disease, older than 19 years old, diabetic and hypertensive, living in Belém and who undertook hemodialysis in 2015, through the Unified Health System; family members indicated by the patients; physicians and nurses of Primary Health Care. In the analysis, the technique of Content Analysis in the Thematic modality was used. Results: The first article evaluated the Trajectories of Care of Chronic Renal Disease patients, seeking to identify the functions of Primary Health Care. Three Trajectories were identified: 1) Did not seek the Basic Health Unit; 2) He sought the Basic Health Unit, but did not receive the diagnosis; 3) Received a diagnosis in the Basic Health Unit and was referred to the specialty. The second article evaluated the attention given by the Basic Health Care to people with Chronic Kidney Disease, from the perspective of the interviewees, whose analysis resulted in two categories: 1) Primary Care is the place of people with Chronic Disease? (Distrust in Primary Care, Primary Care does not deal with Chronic Kidney Disease, Indifference of the multiprofessional team, Ineffectiveness in communication in the care network); 2) Basic Health Care loses contact with users on hemodialysis treatment. Conclusion: The care trajectories revealed irregular flows of care in the care network. Patients and their families did not perceive Basic Health Care as a place of care. For most professionals, Basic Health Care did not perform its function as coordinator of care, did not identify Chronic Kidney Disease and did not guarantee the maintenance of the link after starting treatment.