Avaliação da motricidade e da qualidade de vida em crianças e adolescentes: uma revisão de literatura

• Autor(a) principal: Coelho, Bianca Basso
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Esteves, Flávia Salman
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/40373
• topic: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FISIOTERAPIA E TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL; Criança; Desempenho motor; Qualidade de vida; Child; Motor performance; Quality of life

Motor development is a continuous process that begins at conception and ceases with death. Throughout life, there is a need for adjustments, compensations, or changes to acquire skills and/or maintain competencies. Child development arises from the maturation and interaction of various processes related to perception, cognition, and action. Cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and/or motor difficulties can impact social participation and interaction, especially in school, and affect the overall quality of life. Early detection of developmental delays and subtle deficits allows for early intervention and rehabilitation to prevent potential developmental alterations and promote quality of life. Objective: The aim of this study is to conduct a survey of scales used in the literature to assess motor skills and quality of life in the child/adolescent population. Method: This is a literature review conducted on the Scielo and Pubmed/Medline databases. Inclusion criteria embrace studies that applied scales for assessing motor skills and quality of life in children and adolescents. Studies that did not apply any motor skills or quality of life scales and/or did not have a sample composed of children and adolescents were excluded. Results: It was observed that in all articles, motor skills and quality of life in children and adolescents were interconnected. Five articles addressed neurological dysfunctions (46%), three focused on pediatric cancer (27%), one on HIV (9%), one on sickle cell disease (9%), and one included individuals with physical disabilities in general (9%). Conclusion: The instruments, questionnaires, and scales are crucial for evaluation and for selecting the best treatment, generating ideas for therapeutic interventions. They can serve as tools that complement, quantify, and assist the patient in learning about their health condition and self-assessing, reflecting on their motor skills and quality of life. It is also the therapist's responsibility to listen and inquire about health conditions. The instruments demonstrated discriminative power, and the concurrent use of motor skills and quality of life assessment strategies suggests a broader perspective on the evaluated individual. Keywords: Child; Motor performance; Quality of life