Functional Therapy Group as Humanization Strategy of Hospital Assistance: Experience of an Interdisciplinary Team

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Luana Gabrielle de França
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: da Cruz, Regiane Lustosa, Sousa, Aislan Erick Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Gestão & Saúde (Brasília)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/rgs/article/view/23331
• topic: Humanização da assistência. Reabilitação. Hospitalização.; Humanización de la atención, Rehabilitación, Hospitalización.; Humanization of assistance, Rehabilitation, Hospitalization.

Health services such as group therapeutic activities can provide a change in the hospital routine with positive experiences of welcoming, well-being, socialization and interaction with health professionals. Thus, this article reports on the experience of an interdisciplinary team in the implantation and conduction of a Functional Therapy Group (GTF) in a hospital environment, as a strategy for the humanization of care practices. 371 users participated, 52% (193) female. The GTF took place once a week in a welcoming environment, with playful activities, group dynamics, physical exercises, stretches and talk wheels. Users' adherence was observed, meaning the GTF a moment of socialization and interaction with health professionals. The GTF was recognized as part of the humanization actions by the Hospital Humanization Working Group. The GTF provided a new way of caring / rehabilitating, with professionals being active agents in this process of changing health care.