Dados epidemiológicos de programa de controle do tabagismo em município da região do Araguaia

Abstract

Smoking is still a public health problem and smokers who want to break the habit need support and access to treatment in the public health network. Considering the possibilities of providing pharmaceutical services, the objective of this work was to carry out an epidemiological study of users of the Tobacco Control Program (PNCT), in the municipality of Barra do Garças-MT. Therefore, a descriptive, retrospective, observational and cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out from 2018 to 2022, covering 108 smokers. The user profile was made up of both sexes in the same proportion, the majority were aged 61 or over (26.9%) and the minority were in the 20s, the predominant income was 1 to 3 salaries. minimum (94.4%) and with complete primary education (56.5%). Regarding previous pathological history, the main pathology cited was depression and anxiety (72.8%). A high probability of excessive ethanol consumption and high (53.7%) and very high (25.9%) levels of dependence were observed for the majority (55.4%). As for pharmaceutical services, they can participate in everything from diagnosis, medication dispensing, development of health education actions, as they are part of the multidisciplinary team. From this perspective, it is concluded that men and women, especially the elderly and adults, share the desire to stop smoking, as they have high dependence and various previous pathologies. The pharmacist can contribute to the user's ability to analyze, reflect and make the right decisions, which influences the achievement of positive results from the program.