Perfil epidemiológico fisioterapêutico em doenças neurológicas na infância

Abstract

Children with atypical motor development, or who are at risk of delays, deserve attention and specific actions since problems with coordination and control of movement may extend into adulthood. Epidemiological studies of neurological pathologies are important sources of data collection to help health professionals who work directly with this population, as it can positively interfere in the evolution and therapeutic success and improve the quality of care in the population studied by evaluating the profile of involvement presented by patients, thus ensuring the provision of quality rehabilitation care. Based on this context, physiotherapy is indicated, as it plays an important role in both the acute care of the patient, aiming to facilitate a faster and more efficient transition to the rehabilitation process, with the aim of promoting health throughout life. Objectives: to demonstrate the physiotherapeutic epidemiological profile of neurological diseases in childhood and, based on the results found, the construction and development of a guidebook of guidelines and early stimulation for premature babies. Patients and Methods: refers to a documentary research in type and quantitative in approach, which is a retrospective study, with analysis of 234 records of pediatric patients who received physical therapy care in the pediatric neurology outpatient clinic during the years 2018 and 2019, of which 12 medical records were excluded, 7 of which for presenting incomplete data, 222 records remained from which demographic and epidemiological data were collected. The collected data were stored in the EXCEL program and later analyzed through tables and compared. Results: it was noted that the clinical diagnosis of most children102 (45.95%) was prematurity, preterm newborn (PTNB) with risks for delay in neuropsychomotor development (DNAPM) followed by 46 (20, 72%) of patients with Cerebral Palsy. Regarding gender, the number of male patients (53.60%) had a higher incidence than females (46.40%). Conclusion : motor development, the knowledge of these epidemiological profile data provided subsidies for the development of proposals aimed at improving care, such as the construction of a guidebook for the families of these children, teaching and educational material that can help many mothers and caregivers in this recovery process and rehabilitation.