Sonhos interrompidos, caminhos desviados: marcas amenizadas por pensões / Interrupted dreams, deviated pathways: marks aleviated by pension
Hansen. int
;
38(1/2): 3-13, 2013.
Article
in Portuguese
| LILACS, SES-SP, SESSP-ILSLPROD, SES-SP, SESSP-ILSLACERVO, SES-SP
| ID: lil-789347
RESUMO
Este artigo é resultado de pesquisa da Divisão Técnica de Hanseníase da Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo realizada com pessoas acometidas pela hanseníase e que recebem pensões do Estado desde 1954, como política compensatória. Foi utilizado inquérito de saúde de base populacional com universo de 631 beneficiários, sendo entrevistados, através de um formulário, 485 sujeitos. As entrevistas com os pensionistas foram realizadas em Unidades de Saúde e nos antigos Hospitais-Colônia onde ainda vivem remanescentes do isolamento compulsório. A pesquisa foi dividida em duas fases aspectos sociais, com questões fechadas e abertas, e avaliação de incapacidades.Portanto, trata-se de pesquisa com abordagem quantiqualitativa, que valorizou o discurso dos sujeitos.Os principais resultados qualitativos comprovam a importância do rendimento auferido pela pensão na sobrevivência dos pensionistas e familiares, bem como o impacto da hanseníase e do isolamento compulsório na vida destas pessoas.
ABSTRACT
Leprosy is a slow course, chronic, granulomatous infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae.The disease causes lesions on face, hands and feet,which can generate severe physical disabilities that contribute to the installation of deformities and disabling patterns. The claw hand type lesion is a sequel observed in patients with upper limbs lesions. It canbe very disabling, making it difficult to the individuals to carry out their Daily Living Activities whichim pairs their quality of life and personal satisfaction.The occupational therapy intervention using low costassistive technology to aid in daily living activities ofpatients with claw hand aims at minimizing motorand manual dexterity deficits. Thus, this study aimsto demonstrate the self perception of patients about improving their feeding performance activity afteruse of functional adaptation. We conducted the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance protocol before and after 10 training interventions with adaptation to feeding activity to evaluate the perception of 20 patients on the Performance and Satisfaction with the performance of Daily Living Activities. It was observed that the variables showed improved indices with increase in the independence levels. The material proposed and used in this study showed to beadequate to the confection of the adaptations thatwere developed, which promoted reduction of costs.The adaptations developed in this study showed favorable results with statistical significance, obtained through analysis of the final data.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Patient Isolation
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Pensions
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Quality of Life
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Health Surveys
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Leprosy
Type of study:
Practice guideline
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Hansen. int
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Ambulatório Regional de Especialidades de Taubaté/BR
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Centro de Saúde Dr. Lourenço Quilici/BR
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Hospital Dr. Francisco Ribeiro Arantes/BR
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Secretaria de Estado da Saúde/BR
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Universidade de Taubaté/BR
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