Caracterização dos usuários e das práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde na rede de atenção primária do município do Natal/RN

Abstract

Introduction: The insertion of Integrative and Complementary Health Practices (PICS) was marked by interests, such as recovering the knowledge and identity of popular groups, some of which were historically marginalized, and by the State's interest in a new culture of care based on health promotion. Objective: This study aims to characterize the users and the PICS developed in the context of the SUS in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Method: This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, of the exploratory-descriptive type, whose format is field with a survey design in the Primary Health Care Network in the municipality of Natal, but specifically in the Basic Health Unit, in the Strategy Family Health and Mixed Unit. For data collection, carried out from January to July 2022, the instrument used was the Electronic Citizen Record (PEC) of people over 18 years old in the e-SUS system. The collected data were constituted in a database in Microsoft Office Excel version 2019 and analyzed using inferential statistics through absolute and relative frequencies, whose database was later inserted in the statistical software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 to enable the comparative crossing between adults and seniors. The study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee (HUOL/UFRN) under code nº 53201921.1.0000.5292. Results: 522 medical records of enrolled users were analyzed, the highest frequency being adult females (83.0%); elderly people of non-white race/color (82.6%) and with low education (67.8%); arterial hypertension (30.4%) and diabetes (17.4%) were more frequent in elderly people, as well as the presence of body pain (71.3%) and tooth/gum disease (42.6%). Auriculotherapy (58.2%) was the most used integrative practice in treatment procedures; 53.4% of the population received at least one service and 39.3% were attended in the North I health district. Conclusion: It was possible to quantify the visits, as well as to characterize the sociodemographic profile, the main demands, health conditions of the users according to the population who are inserted, adults and seniors. In addition, the study reaffirms the position of PICS in health care in the SUS, as well as contributing to PICS studies with important information in the context of the integrative health of this public for health planning and management at municipal, state and national levels.