Physical therapy modalities , neonatal intensive care , neonatal intensive care units
Conditions
Interventions
This study is a field study, cross-sectional, descriptive with quantitative approach, carried out between March 2013 and August 2014.
Hospitals offering neonatal intensive care during the study perio
Other
H02.010.625
Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Hospitals offering neonatal intensive care in Rio de Janeiro during the study period.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: They were excluded from the study hospitals whose leaders delivered the questionnaires incompletely and hospitals whose ICUs were mixed, that is, also provided assistance to pediatric public.
Design outcomes
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcomes: Map demographically real neonatal physical therapy offered in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with the distribution according to the administrative regions.;Found outcomes: From visits to hospitals included, it was realized that the demographic distribution of the neonatal intensive care units in the city of Rio de Janeiro was heterogeneous, with greater concentration in central areas. From this, it performed the demographic mapping of physical therapy offered in neonatal intensive care units of public and private hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro . To this extent, the hospitals visited were distributed according to the administrative regions of the City of Rio de Janeiro . To this extent, the hospitals visited were distributed according to the administrative regions of the City of Rio de Janeiro. The 27 hospitals studied (17 public and 10 private) are distributed in the City of Rio de Janeiro as follows: 6 hospitals in the south, 8 in the north , 8 in the west and 5 zone in the center and port area . | — |
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome: To characterize the physical therapy profile offered in neonatal intensive care units of public and private hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro. For evaluation of this profile, the heads/routines of physiotherapy services of all hospitals with neonatal intensive care unit of the Rio de Janeiro City would be visited and interviewed about the professional staff profile, techniques and other related information pertaining to physical therapy performed in the units. And, for determining the expected outcome , it proposed a descriptive analysis of the responses of routines/heads in each hospital.;Found outcomes: From the interviews, it was possible to look for the profile of the active physical therapy professional in neonatal ICUs in the city of Rio de Janeiro. There are not a classification that can be attributed to these professionals. Therefore, the features will be described the same and the assistance provided from the proposed protocol: The total number of physiotherapists members of the teams was 141, and 59% of specialists in neonatal intensive care. With regard to the heads / routines interviewed, 16 (59%) were specialists in neonatal intensive care and 21 (79%) had more than five years of experience. Various physical therapy techniques were cited as: physical therapy, chest vibration and thoracoabdominal rebalancing. Daily physiotherapy services are provided from the following distribution shifts: 6-9 hours of assistance, 12 hour of assistance, 24 hour of assistance (performed only in 29% of included hospitals) and physical therapy visits (professional not remains duty, only responds to medical advice to care). Regular scientific meetings to update and scientific discussions take place in 8 (30%) of the visited institutions (6 public hospitals and 2 private). Only 4 (15%) of the institutions participating in the study are fully adequate to Resolution RDC No. 7 of 24 February 2010 and Ordinance 930 of 10 May 2012 regarding the provided ph | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactHalina Ferreira
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Outcome results
None listed