Praça adaptada de um centro de reabilitação em Pelotas/RS: a visão de profissionais e estagiários atuantes no local / An adapted square in a rehabilitation center in Pelotas/RS: the view of professionals and trainees working there

O terapeuta ocupacional é o profissional que estuda a ocupação humana, intervindo no desempenho das habilidades físicas, mentais, sociais e ambientais de cada indivíduo, a fim de proporcionar a participação deste nas atividades em casa, na escola e no trabalho. O brincar favorece a intervenção terapêutica e está presente em diversos contextos da vida das crianças e adolescentes, inclusive no contexto de uma praça adaptada. Desta forma, este estudo tem como objetivo verificar a percepção de profissionais de um centro de reabilitação de crianças e adolescentes com deficiência, e estagiários de Terapia Ocupacional, sobre a utilização de uma praça adaptada como um recurso terapêutico e de recreação. Para isto, identificou-se uma amostra composta por 20 sujeitos, de ambos os sexos. Foram utilizados dois questionários semiestruturados para coleta dos dados, ambos com a mesma finalidade, porém com linguagens adaptadas a cada área de atuação. A partir disto, constatou-se idade média de 33 anos, e diferenças nas respostas dos profissionais e estagiários em relação as atividades e objetivos propostos na praça adaptada, bem como na identificação desta como um recurso terapêutico. Todos os pesquisados qualificaram a praça como importante para instituição. Este estudo identificou que a praça adaptada é um ambiente utilizado como recurso terapêutico/pedagógico pelos sujeitos, porém, ainda é uma área inovadora para a Terapia Ocupacional, a qual busca aprimorar o desempenho ocupacional dos indivíduos. No entanto, são necessários novos estudos que possam auxiliar na fidedignidade destes resultados, e evidenciar as possibilidades de atuação do terapeuta ocupacional neste âmbito. Abstract An occupational therapist is a professional who studies human occupation by intervening in the performance of physical, mental, social and environmental skills of each subject in order to provide their participation in activities at home, at school and at work. The act of playing helps therapeutic treatment and it is in several contexts of children’s and teenagers’ lives including the context of an adapted square. Based on that, this study aims to check the professionals’ and Occupational Therapy trainees’ perception about the use of an adapted square as a therapeutic and recreational resource in a rehabilitation center for disabled children and teenagers. A sample with twenty subjects, both men and women, was used. Two semi-structured questionnaires were used for data collection. Both of them had the same aims but they had adapted language to each area of work. The professionals and trainees were thirty-three years old on average. There were differences in the professionals’ and trainees’ answers about the activities and aims proposed for the adapted square and if it really was a therapeutic resource. Every researcher agreed that the square was important to the institution. This study identified that the adapted square is a place used by the subjects as a therapeutic/teaching resource. However, it is a new area in Occupational Therapy which aims to improve the individual occupational performance. New studies are necessary to help the results of this work emphasizing the occupational therapists’ work possibilities in this area.Key words: Resource, Occupational Performance, Occupational Therapy.</p

Effects of a remotely supervised physical training program combined with cognitive training for older individuals at increased risk of clinical-functional vulnerability: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Abstract Background Despite the robust body of evidence for the benefits of home-based physical exercise, there is still a paucity of data on the benefits of home-based cognitive training for older adults, especially in those at increased risk of clinical-functional vulnerability. As such, the present study aims to compare the chronic effects of a telehealth-delivered physical training intervention alone or combined with a cognitive training program in older adults at increased clinical-functional vulnerability risk. Methods A randomized clinical trial will be conducted including 62 sedentary older individuals classified as at increased risk of clinical-functional vulnerability based on their Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index score. Participants will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to one of two groups, an intervention group including physical training combined with cognitive training, or an active control group including physical training alone. Both groups will receive home-based supervised training remotely for 12 weeks and will be assessed for the primary and secondary outcomes of the study before and after the training period. Primary outcomes include cognitive function and dynamic balance with a dual task. Secondary outcomes encompass physical, cognitive, and occupational performance, functional capacity, quality of life, and anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as hemodynamic measures. Data analysis will be performed by intention-to-treat and per protocol using mixed linear models and Bonferroni’s post hoc (α = 0.05). Discussion Our conceptual hypothesis is that both groups will show improvements in the primary and secondary outcomes. Nevertheless, we expect physical combined with cognitive training to improve cognitive function, dual task, and occupational performance to a greater degree as compared to physical training alone. Trial registration NCT05309278. Registered on April 4, 2022