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- Involvement of the father in the prenatal period: integrative reviewPublication . Magalhães, Joana; Couto, G.; Fernandes, Carla Sílvia Neves da Nova; Oliveira, IsabelBackground: there are currently paradigmatic changes in relation to the focus of maternal health nursing, with the predominant role of the father being one of the main focuses of care. Objective: to identify the father’s importance and his role during pregnancy. Methodology: an integrative review was performed on the CINAHL®, Medline® and Psychology and Behavioral Science® databases. Of the 601 articles obtained only 10 were included in this review. Results: the included articles allude to pregnancy as a demanding period, being considered as a transition to paternity. From the analysis four subareas emerged: the father’s mental representation; how pregnancy becomes real to the father; the way parents have committed to fatherhood and the father’s role father in family life. Conclusion: the results highlight the father’s importance during pregnancy and the emerging need to focus care in the family in the face of a transition. Father’s involvement and inclusion during pregnancy plays a key role in building trust and leading to better management of stress caused by the transition to parenting of all family members.
- Patient compliance to glaucoma therapeutics: a Portuguese overviewPublication . Reis Lopes, Maria José; Couto, Germano; Oliveira, IsabelFramework: glaucoma is one of the main causes for irreversible blindness. Proper treatment requires high levels of compliance to therapeutics. Most glaucoma patients do not comply with their treatment and that has been correlated with glaucoma progression. Aim: to evaluate patient’s compliance to glaucoma therapeutics. Methodology: an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study was developed. Outpatients with glaucoma were enrolled and screened before follow-up medical appointment with an observational grid while applying antiglaucomatous drugs. After the treatment, patients were interviewed to understand their skills and difficulties in performing glaucoma treatment. Results: from 51 outpatients enrolled, 39% of them did not know the medication’s name used; 59% did not perform hand washing prior to the procedure; 73% leaned the vial tip contacting the eye; 25% did not apply the medication to the conjunctival sac; in 63% of the subjects used more than one drop; the majority of patients, 57%, did not wait the appropriate time between applications when two or more drugs were prescribed. Conclusion: the results suggest the need to implement individual or group strategies that enable patients with glaucoma to correctly perform their treatment.