Fisioterapia extrahospitalaria durante la pandemia: la visión y el posicionamiento de los profesionales

• Autor(a) principal: Madeira, Alexandra
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Savaro, Letícia, Justo, Taís, Longen, Willians Cassiano
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Fisioterapia e Pesquisa
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/fpusp/article/view/198276
• topic: Pandemias; Fisioterapeutas; Isolamento social; Pandemias; Fisioterapeutas; Aislamiento Social; Pandemics; Physical Therapists; Social Isolations

The COVID-19 pandemic caused atypicalmoments for the population. In Brazil, to promote measuresto control viral dissemination, Decrees issued by severalgovernment levels indicated the essential and non-essentialservices that could remain in operation during a certain period.Out-of-hospital physical therapy was considered nonessential.This article aims to verify whether physical therapists considerthe practice of out-of-hospital physical therapy as an essentialservice during periods of humanitarian crises, such asthe COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we aim to identifythe types of care procedures performed during this period.We performed a cross-sectional, quantitative, and descriptivesurvey with descriptive analysis, conducted by an electronicquestionnaire published on the websites of the RegionalCouncils of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy(CREFITO’s) of Paraná – CREFITO 8, Santa Catarina – CREFITO10, and Rio Grande do Sul – CREFITO 5. 78% of the volunteersare female, and 44% are registered in CREFITO 8, 40% arephysical therapist of CREFITO 5, 16% are registered in CREFITO10, and 100% of the sample considered out-of-hospitalphysical therapy an essential service. Regarding the schoolinglevel, 70% have a graduate degree and 54% work in privateestablishments. During the decree of essential services,56% of the professionals did not practice. Out-of-hospital456physical therapy is essential in pandemic crises. In addition toproviding initiation and continuity to patient treatment, it avoidsunnecessary visits to hospitals.