Evidence on the interdisciplinary approach of health teams in the treatment of fibromyalgia: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Ressetti, Juliana Campos
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Martins, Mylena de França, Müller, Erildo Vicente, Borges, Pollyanna Kássia de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/34565
• topic: Interdisciplinary placement; Chronic pain; Health personnel; Fibromyalgia.; Práticas interdisciplinares; Dor crônica; Profissionais da saúde; Fibromialgia

Fibromyalgia is considered a chronic pain syndrome and is characterized by diffuse painful manifestation in the musculoskeletal system, which may be associated with other symptoms. Due to the complexity of fibromyalgia, diagnosis and management are challenging for health professionals. Thus, it is necessary to perform actions that contemplate comprehensive care by multiprofessional teams with an interdisciplinary approach. In view of this, an integrative review of literature was performed to identify the evidence on the role of interdisciplinary health teams in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia through studies published in the literature from 2008 to 2018. In the results, the countries of origin of the studies were identified. the delineation of research and the different professional categories involved in care, such as professionals in the fields of medicine, physiotherapy, psychology, occupational therapy, nursing, social assistance, speech therapy, nutrition, physical education and nursing master’s student. Different results were found in the analyzed studies, being observed improvement of quality of life indicators, increase of functional capacity, reduction of pain level and other characteristic symptoms of the syndrome. There was also a shortage of interdisciplinary studies regarding fibromyalgia and confusion between the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary theme. It is concluded that the performance of interdisciplinary teams has a positive return of the patient through the treatments found in the literature, being feasible new studies of interdisciplinary approach to the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia.