Patients’ education in hypertension management at primary health care level

Abstract

Introduction. Every third person in the Republic of Moldova suffers from hypertension, and premature mortality caused by cardiovascular diseases was 57% (2016). Currently, therapeutic education has become the equivalent component of drug treatment in disease management. Purpose: to evaluate the official provisions as a basis for the education of hypertensive patients. Material and methods: Study design was descriptive. The relevant official documents of the Government, the Parliament, Ministry of Health, Labor and Social protection, National Health Insurance Company, National Agency for Public Health and of the primary health care institutions were studied.Results: According to the NHIC data, the performance indicators regarding cardiovascular diseases are met to the extent of 40%. Only one medical institution has published on the website the list of topics, based on which the education in the management of hypertension is performed.Conclusions: The education of hypertensive patients is a mandatory measure in primary health care, but it requires additional efforts to be implemented and provided so that it can have beneficial effects on patients' health.