2018-09-122018-09-122013-09TAVARES, Roseneide dos Santos; SILVA, Denise Maria Guerreiro Vieira da. A Implicação do apoio social no viver de pessoas com hipertensão arterial. Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, Porto Alegre, v. 34, n. 3, p. 14-21, set. 2013. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/10209. Acesso em:.1983-1447https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/10209This study aimed to know the types of support offered by the network of social support and implications on hypertensive life. Qualitative study whose methodology was based on Grounded Theory. 35 people were interviewed between October 2008 and August 2010, 22 hypertensive compulsorily enrolled in HIPERDIA at a Health Unit in Belém / PA, 5 family members, 5 health professionals and 3 representatives of community institutions, referenced by hypertensive patients, as members of the network support. Data were subjected to coding procedures: analysis, comparison and categorization. The category "Identifying the types of social support offered to people in their living with hypertension" was the Intervening Condition of the Theory. The types of emotional, informational and instrumental support originated mainly from family relationships and may mean alternative treatments, featuring a care focused on people with hypertension and their network of relationships which requires attention from healthcare professionals, including nurses.Acesso AbertoApoio socialDoença crônicaEnfermagemHipertensãoSocial supportChronic diseaseNursingHypertensionA Implicação do apoio social no viver de pessoas com hipertensão arterialConsecuencias de un apoyo social en el vivir personas con hipertensiónThe Implication of social support in the lives of people with hypertensionArtigo de PeriódicoCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEMhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1983-1447201300030000