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Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental
Print version ISSN 1647-2160
Abstract
VILAR, Tânia; NOGUEIRA, Maria José; VALENTIM, Olga and SEABRA, Paulo. The effects of psychoeducation on therapeutic adherence in people with schizophrenia: A scoping review. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2020, n.spe7, pp.103-108. ISSN 1647-2160. https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0254.
BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is a chronic that affects millions of people around the world. Non-adherence to therapeutic projects is present in 50% of patients with chronic disease. It is necessary to resort to an intervention that enables individuals to adhere to treatment, being the most indicated intervention, psychoeducation. The effectiveness of this intervention among people with schizophrenia is, however, strangely unknown. AIM:To map the effects of psychoeducation on therapeutic adherence in people with schizophrenia. METHODS: Scoping review, based on the recommendations of Joanna Briggs Institute. A survey was conducted on the EBSCO platform and the PubMed and Scielo databases in June 2018, looking for studies over the six-year timeframe (2012 to 2018). RESULTS: Fifteen articles were identified and after the application of the previously defined inclusion criteria, three studies were selected for final analysis. The interventions carried out in these studies were: the application of the Nursing Psychoeducation Program; viewing films produced by the Alliance Psychoeducation Program and conducting psychoeducation sessions (with role - play). Using specific measures before and after psychoeducational interventions, for all studies, there was an increase knowledge about mental disorder, as well, a change in patient's compliance. CONCLUSIONS:The effectiveness of psychoeducational techniques in people with schizophrenia is discussed, as well the relevance of the mental and psychiatric nurse's psychoeducational interventions in the scope of the health care team.
Keywords : Psychoeducation; Schizophrenia; Nursing; Patient compliance.
