Eficácia de manual educativo para acompanhantes de parto: estudo piloto de ensaio clínico randomizado

Objetivo: avaliar a eficácia de um manual educativo na instrumentalização do acompanhante para prestar apoio à parturiente e verificar a sua influência na satisfação do acompanhante e da mulher com o processo de parto vaginal. Método: piloto de ensaio clínico controlado randomizado com 65 acompanhantes e puérperas (intervenção=21 e controle=44). O conhecimento prévio dos acompanhantes foi avaliado em linha de base. Utilizou-se o Formulário de Avaliação do Acompanhante em Sala de Parto para mensurar as ações prestadas e a satisfação com a experiência e o Questionário de Experiência e Satisfação com o Parto para avaliar a satisfação da puérpera com este. Foram utilizados os testes t de Student ou Wilcoxon, Qui-quadrado ou exato de Fisher, razões de risco e intervalos de confiança a 95%. Resultados: acompanhantes do grupo intervenção realizaram maior número de ações de apoio (7,2 vs 4,6; p:0,001) e tiveram escores mais altos de satisfação com o parto (72,4 vs 64,2; p:0,00). Puérperas do grupo intervenção tiveram maior satisfação com o parto (119,6 vs 107,9; p:0,000). Conclusão: o manual foi eficaz na instrumentalização do acompanhante, contribuiu para ações de apoio à parturiente e repercutiu na satisfação do acompanhante e da mulher com o processo de parto. RBR-776d9sObjetivo: evaluar la eficacia de un manual educativo en la instrumentación del acompañante para dar apoyo a la parturienta y verificar su influencia en la satisfacción del acompañante y de la mujer con el proceso de parto vaginal. Método: piloto de ensayo clínico controlado aleatorizado con 65 acompañantes y puérperas (intervención=21 y control=44). El conocimiento previo de los acompañantes fue evaluado en línea de base. Se utilizó el Formulario de Evaluación del Acompañante en Sala de Parto para mensurar las acciones prestadas y la satisfacción con la experiencia y el Cuestionario de Experiencia y Satisfacción con el Parto para evaluar la satisfacción de la puérpera con el parto. Fueron utilizados los testes t de Student o Wilcoxon, Chi-cuadrado o exacto de Fisher, razones de riesgo e intervalos de confianza a 95%. Resultados: acompañantes del grupo intervención realizaron mayor número de acciones de apoyo (7,2 vs 4,6; p: 0,001) y tuvieron escores más altos de satisfacción con el parto (72,4 vs 64,2; p: 0,00). Puérperas del grupo intervención tuvieron mayor satisfacción con el parto (119,6 vs 107,9; p: 0,000). Conclusión: El manual fue eficaz en la instrumentación del acompañante, contribuyó para acciones de apoyo a la parturienta y repercutió en la satisfacción del acompañante y de la mujer con el proceso de parto. RBR-776d9sObjective: to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational manual in the instrumentalization of companions to provide support to the parturients and check its influence on the satisfaction of companions and women during vaginal delivery. Method: pilot study of a randomized controlled clinical trial with 65 companions and puerperal women (intervention = 21 and control = 44). The previous knowledge of the companions was evaluated at baseline. The Evaluation Form for Companions in the Delivery Room was used to measure the actions provided and the satisfaction with the experience, and the Questionnaire for Evaluation of the Experience and Satisfaction of Puerperal Women with Labor and Delivery was used to evaluate the satisfaction of women with childbirth. The Student’s t-test or Wilcoxon, chi-square or Fisher’s exact test, risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals were used. Results: the companions in the intervention group performed a greater number of support actions (7.2 vs 4.6, p: 0.001) and had higher satisfaction scores (72.4 vs 64.2; p = 0.00). Puerperal women in the intervention group had higher satisfaction with childbirth (119.6 vs 107.9; p: 0.000). Conclusion: the manual was effective for the instrumentalization of companions, contributed to support actions to the parturients and had repercussions on the satisfaction of companions and women with the birthing process. RBR-776d9

Identificação do estresse e sintomatologia presente em mulheres mastectomizadas

El objetivo del estudio fue comprobar la existencia de estrés y describir los síntomas que estaban presentes en mujeres mastectomizadas a través de la aplicación del Inventario de Síntomas de Stress para Adultos de Lipp. Investigación transversal, realizada en junio de 2009, con 14 mujeres que hadan parte del Grupo de Mujeres Mastectomízadas, en Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Los síntomas que sintieron durante la semana anterior a la reunión y que dominaban el estrés en ciclo de resistencia fueron los de mayor presencia, cuadro de estrés que fue observado en seis mujeres. Se concluyó que los cambios estructurales en las mamas consistieron en fuente de estrés, por lo tanto, deben ser reconocidas y abordadas por profesionales de la salud, especialmente por el equipo de enfermería, que vive diariamente en contacto con estas pacientes, con el fin de crear estrategias de autoconocimiento y de aceptación de la modificación del cuerpo

Efficacy of an educational manual for childbirth companions: pilot study of a randomized clinical trial

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational manual in the instrumentalization of companions to provide support to the parturients and check its influence on the satisfaction of companions and women during vaginal delivery. Method: pilot study of a randomized controlled clinical trial with 65 companions and puerperal women (intervention = 21 and control = 44). The previous knowledge of the companions was evaluated at baseline. The Evaluation Form for Companions in the Delivery Room was used to measure the actions provided and the satisfaction with the experience, and the Questionnaire for Evaluation of the Experience and Satisfaction of Puerperal Women with Labor and Delivery was used to evaluate the satisfaction of women with childbirth. The Student’s t-test or Wilcoxon, chi-square or Fisher’s exact test, risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals were used. Results: the companions in the intervention group performed a greater number of support actions (7.2 vs 4.6, p: 0.001) and had higher satisfaction scores (72.4 vs 64.2; p = 0.00). Puerperal women in the intervention group had higher satisfaction with childbirth (119.6 vs 107.9; p: 0.000). Conclusion: the manual was effective for the instrumentalization of companions, contributed to support actions to the parturients and had repercussions on the satisfaction of companions and women with the birthing process. RBR-776d9

Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy

INTRODUCTION: The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011. RESULTS: The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the patient or infant (33.4%). In 36.3% of cases, leprosy symptoms were presented in the last trimester of pregnancy, and in 31.9% of patients were in the first trimester of lactation. CONCLUSIONS: The association between leprosy and pregnancy should be routinely investigated, particularly in endemic areas

Knowledge of users of low-dose oral combined contraceptives about the method

OBJECTIVES: to identify the knowledge of users of combined oral contraceptive about correct use, side effects and complications; to verify the correlation between knowledge about the method with age, education, family income and time of use. METHOD: cross-sectional study performed in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from March to July 2010, with 294 women. Data were collected through interviews. RESULTS: 75% had substantial knowledge about the proper use and side effects and no knowledge about complications. The higher the educational level and family income, the higher the women's knowledge about the correct use of the method. Positive correlation suggests that women who used the method for longer knew more about its side effects. CONCLUSION: there are knowledge gaps about the method, which are influenced by socioeconomic variables and use time