The perspective of Intensive Care Unit patients about physical therapy care

• Autor(a) principal: Vidal, Alyssa Ellen Peixoto
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Góes, Karine Orrico, Santos, Giovanna Porto dos, Ferreira, Priscila D'Almeida, Sousa, Nayara Alves de, Araújo, Jamine Barros Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17892
• topic: Assistência Hospitalar; Especialidade de Fisioterapia; Humanização da Assistência; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva.; Atención Hospitalaria; Especialidad de Fisioterapia; Humanización de la Atención; Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos.; Hospital Care; Physical Therapy Specialty; Humanization of Assistance; Intensive Care Units.

The importance of humanized physiotherapeutic care in the Intensive Care Unit is widely known, as well as the perceptions of professionals and family members about humanization. However, the perspective of the patient, who is actually being assisted, is still little known. Based on this, this study aims to describe the perspective of hospitalized patients about physical therapy care in the Intensive Care Unit, considering aspects of humanization. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study, with a quantitative approach. A questionnaire was used consisting of two blocks of closed questions, the first for the knowledge of sociodemographic data and the second for knowledge of the patient's perspective about physical therapy care. The population was composed of 20 adult patients, aged 18 years or older, admitted to the ICU for at least 24 hours, lucid and oriented, and assisted by physiotherapy. A simple descriptive analysis was carried out and the results were presented as absolute numbers and percentages. It was verified that the patients were very satisfied with the humanization of care, according to the evaluation of the dimensions dignity (100%), communication (100%), interpersonal aspects (100%), empathy (100%), receptivity (100%) and care (95%). Understanding the patients' perspective about physical therapy care will provide knowledge and support to physical therapists regarding their conduct and will enable the development of a humanized environment.