Análise das intervenções da terapia ocupacional no desempenho das avd em crianças com pc - uma revisão sistemática da literatura

REVISÃO / REVIEW

Análise das intervenções de terapia ocupacional no desempenho das atividades de vida diária em crianças com paralisia cerebral: uma revisão sistemática da literatura Analysis of occupational therapy interventions in the performance of everyday activities in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review of the literature

Abstract

O bjectives: to evaluate, by means of a careful search for and analysis of articles, the effects of interventions used by occupational therapists to improve the performance of everyday activities in children with cerebral palsy.
Methods: the search for literature on the subject was conducted using the electronic databases Ovid,
Medline, CINAHL and LILACS, and covered articles published between January 2001 and May 2006, in
English or Portuguese, using the following keywords:
"occupational therapy", "cerebral palsy", and
"child". Four studies were selected, according to previously determined inclusion criteria, and these were evaluated for their methodological quality using the OTSeeker scale.
Results: the analysis of the methodological quality of the selected studies revealed scores from low to moderate on the OTSeeker scale. There were differences in relation to the type of intervention used to promote everyday activities, and regarding the outcomes that were investigated.
Conclusions: the context in which the child with cerebral palsy is living seems to be an important factor in his/her functional performance. The systematic evaluation of the literature on the effects of
Occupational Therapy interventions in promoting everyday activities in children with cerebral palsy may contribute to evidence-based practices among these health professionals.
Key words Occupational therapy, Cerebral palsy,
Activities of daily living

Vanessa Pio Diniz Guerzoni 1
Adriane Provesano Barbosa 2
Ana Cristina Chama Borges 3
Paula Silva de Carvalho Chagas 4
Ana Paula Bensemann Gontijo 5