Early intervention programs in children with congenital zika virus syndrome: Systematic review

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Emanuele Mariano de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Reis, Monique Carla da Silva, Teixeira, Raphaela Farias, Medeiros, Andréa Monteiro Correia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/16155
• topic: Síndrome congênita de Zika; Desenvolvimento infantil; Intervenção educacional precoce; Reabilitação; Revisão.; Congenital Zika syndrome; Child development; Education early intervention; Rehabilitation; Review.; Síndrome congénito por el virus del Zika; Desarrollo infantil; Intervención temprana educativa; Rehabilitación; Revisión.

We aimed to systematically review the literature on early intervention programs and the impacts on the development of children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome (SCZ). Following PRISMA recommendations, articles were collected in October 2020 in the databases: PubMed, SciELO, LILACS, SCOPUS, Web of Science, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINHAL, using the MeSH terms "zika virus infection", "early educational intervention", "rehabilitation", "child development", "infant" and "child", as well as the corresponding synonyms/keywords combined using the "OR" operator. The "AND" operator linked the strategies. Four studies were included, and the early intervention programs were identified: intensive physical therapy training with therapeutic dressing, a program based on the GAME protocol, and conventional multidisciplinary therapy. These studies showed impaired motor and cognitive development, stabilization or little improvement in motor skills and functional performance of children with SCZ, even after these interventions. The program based on the GAME protocol showed positive impacts on family participation in the care provided to infants with SCZ. There is a lack of studies on early intervention programs for children with SCZ, making it impossible to infer about appropriate or more efficient programs, although positive impacts on motor skills and family participation in the care provided are noted. We foresee the need to develop new early intervention programs that provide positive impacts for the development of this population.