Use of Technology to Optimize Hypertension Treatment in Elderly People in Primary Care

The patient will receive the device for BP measurement at home for a week and two daily measurements will be taken, one in the morning (between 6 and 10 am) and one in the afternoon / evening (between 6 pm and 10 pm), for seven days. At the end of the procedure, it is expected to record 14 measurements (representing a total of 42 in seven days), but it is considered feasible when at least 10 results are recorded, respecting the number of two measurements per day, in the periods oriented. Participants who do not reach the satisfactory number of measures or do not check between the times mentioned above, will be invited to repeat the procedure

The suggestion procedure, for this research, is defined as the pharmaceutical act of forwarding a letter of suggestion to the prescriber, previously agreed with the patient, based on clinical evaluation, review of pharmacotherapy, adherence to treatment and result of the MRPA procedure.