TELEHEALTH FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

ABSTRACT Children and adolescents with physical disabilities have motor and social-emotional challenges that interfere with their health-related quality of life and put them at greater risk of developing secondary conditions. Moreover, services that provide them therapies are more likely to be restr...

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Published in:	Acta ortopedica brasileira Vol. 30; no. spe1; p. e248102
Main Authors:	Grangeiro, Patricia Moreno, Laurentino, Moisés de Freitas, Gomes, Fernanda Géa de Lucena, Alvarez, Daniela Simone, Moreira, César Augusto, Souza, Natália Angélica de, Balbino, Jennifer Macena, Leonelli, Candido, Macéa, Ricardo Marcondes, Silva, Clovis Artur Almeida da
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	ATHA EDITORA 01-01-2022
Subjects:	ORTHOPEDICS Update COVID-19 Telemedicina Saúde da Criança Organização não Governamental Telemedicine Organization, Non-Governmental Adolescent Adolescentes Child Health Disabled Persons Pessoas com Deficiência
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Summary:	ABSTRACT Children and adolescents with physical disabilities have motor and social-emotional challenges that interfere with their health-related quality of life and put them at greater risk of developing secondary conditions. Moreover, services that provide them therapies are more likely to be restricted, especially for the low-income population. There must be broader actions towards health promotion, offering not only means for physical habilitation and rehabilitation but for social and emotional improvements as well. This goal is attainable by adaptive sports and recreational activities where physical conditioning is accompanied by an improvement in self-esteem and social benefits. With the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation, children and adolescents with physical disabilities were even further deprived of assistance. Our aim was to report the efforts of a non-governmental sports organization in maintaining physical and psychological care through virtual consultations and to analyze the perceptions of those affected by the process. Level of evidence IV; case series . RESUMO Crianças e adolescentes com deficiência física apresentam desafios motores e socioemocionais que interferem na qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde e os colocam em maior risco de desenvolver doenças secundárias. Além disso, estão mais sujeitos a restrições de serviços adequados que ofereçam terapias, principalmente para a população de baixa renda social. Torna-se necessário oferecer ações voltadas para a promoção da saúde em um sentido mais amplo, oferecendo não só meios de habilitação e reabilitação física, mas também de ganhos sociais e emocionais. Este objetivo pode ser atingido com esportes adaptados e atividades recreativas nos quais o condicionamento físico é acompanhado por ganhos em autoestima e benefícios sociais. Com a pandemia de COVID-19 e o isolamento social, crianças e adolescentes com deficiência física ficaram ainda mais privados de assistência. Relatamos aqui o esforço de uma organização não-governamental esportiva em manter o atendimento físico e psicológico por meio de consultas virtuais, e avaliamos as percepções das partes interessadas no processo. Nível de evidência IV; série de casos .
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTION: Each author contributed individually and significantly to the development of this article. PMG: intellectual concept and article writing. MFL: data analysis and article writing. FGLG: data analysis and article review. DAS, CAM and JMB: data collection and article review. NAS: data analysis and article review. CL and RMM: work coordination and article review. CAAS: writing and reviewing the article and also supervising the intellectual concept of the article. All authors declare no potential conflict of interest related to this article.
ISSN:	1413-7852 1809-4406 1809-4406
DOI:	10.1590/1413-785220223001e248102