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Cost Comparison Between Defocus Spectacle Lens and Compound Atropine in Myopia ...
Barros da Silva, Patrícia; Ludovico, Inês; Basílio, Ana Luísa; Guimarães, SandraINTRODUCTION: The rising prevalence of myopia poses a substantial global concern. Low concentration atropine and defocus spectacle lens (DSL) are the most widely used myopia prevention treatment in Portugal. Atropine drops must be compounded in pharmacies, because there is still no commercial low concentration atropine approved in Portugal. There are no studies with enough evidence to prefer one treatment over ...
Myopia control: short-term effect of 0.01% atropine vs. defocus incorporated mu...
Guimarães, Sandra; Barros da Silva, Patrícia; Oliveiros, Bárbara; Silva, EduardoPurpose To compare 0.01% atropine with DIMS spectacle lenses in the prevention of myopia progression in European children. Methods This was a retrospective study including data from pediatric European patients with myopia. From November 2021 to March 2022, only 0.01% atropine was prescribed because DIMS lenses were still not available in Portugal. From March to October 2022, only DIMS spectacle lenses were pres...
Formação inicial de professores em Angola : o que pensam os docentes do ISCED-H...
Rocha, Américo; Paixão, Fátima; Guimarães, Sandra; Jorge, FátimaA formação inicial de professores é a primeira etapa do desenvolvimento para a profissionalização docente. É, pois, indispensável garantir uma formação de elevada qualidade que a par de competências da área disciplinar desenvolva competências transversais. Neste estudo pretendemos responder à seguinte questão: Que representações têm os docentes do Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla sobre a form...
Quality of life and mental health in amblyopic children treated with and withou...
Guimarães, Sandra; Carção, André Alves; Carvalho, Mariana Ramos; Vieira, Maria João; Freitas, Cristina; Morgado, PedroPurpose: To assess the long-term (≥1 year) psychosocial effects of occlusion therapy in children with refractive amblyopia and their caregivers. Methods: Multiple self-reported questionnaires were used to investigate HRQoL, anxiety, depression, and stress in a cross-sectional study of children with refractive amblyopia and their caregivers. Children were divided into two subgroups: those treated with glasses on...
New pediatric risk factors for amblyopia: strabismic versus refractive
Guimarães, Sandra; Vieira, Maria; Queirós, Tatiana Sofia Monteiro; Soares, Andreia; Costa, Patrício Soares; Silva, EduardoPurpose: To assess the role of risk factors for amblyopia, such as family history and neonatal background, for the prediction of either strabismic amblyopia or refractive amblyopia.Methods: In this retrospective case-control model, the study population included all children born at the Hospital de Braga during 1997-2012 (3 to 18 years old) with ophthalmologic consultation in 2014. Data collection was performed ...
Normative Database of Optical Coherence Tomography Parameters in Childhood
Queirós, Tatiana; Freitas, Cristina; Guimarães, SandraIntroduction: Optical coherence tomography is a technology that allows obtaining high resolution images of tissues in vivo, enabling the measurement of ocular structures, including the retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness. As a noninvasive test it’s particularly useful in children, but its applicability is limited by the existence of normative values for adults only.Purpose: To establish the pediatri...
Journalism and literature - the two sides of the same coin
Guimarães, SandraSince the advent of the written word, man, throughout history, has sought - with and through it - to translate reality. The colors and pains of the real world served as inspiration for the paper to embrace from the wildest fiction to the most closely related accounts of reason. From the romance between the written word and the real world, therefore, journalism and literature - brothers, warriors and lovers - wo...