Abordagem centrada na família via telemonitoramento: estudo de série de casos de lactentes gemelares e prematuras

Abstract

Introduction: In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal University of Juiz de Fora campus Governador Valadares (UFJF-GV) suspended all services at the Clinical School of Physiotherapy. In order to offer quality physical therapy care to patients, it was necessary to implement interventions via telemonitoring, based on the family-professional collaboration model. Objective: To describe the family- and child-centered approach via telemonitoring. Methods: Intervention study in a case series. Four infants, premature, twins and with risk factors for delayed motor development and their respective mothers participated in the study for nine weeks. For outcome measures, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) and the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) were used. Results: After the intervention, all infants achieved a score equal to or above 50 on the GAS scale and showed improvement in motor skills according to the EMIA scale. Conclusion: The family- and child-centered approach through family-professional collaboration via telemonitoring seems to have been beneficial and effective in promoting the motor development of infants and promoting better communication between families and therapists.