Occupational Therapy Intervention in a scalping case: experiences of a child admitted at Espaço Acolher

Authors

  • Paula Dayse Braga Santos Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA) e Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa em Psicologia e Saúde (IEPS).
  • Laiana Soeiro Ferreira Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA) e Universidade da Amazônia (UNAMA).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-6149.v25i2p185-193

Keywords:

Child, Accident consequences/adverse effects, Occupational therapy, Scalp/injuries, Case studies

Abstract

The scalping is typical accident of Northern Region of Brazil, that consists on scalp avulsion, may causing several consequences. The research objective was analyze the occupational therapist performance with a riverside child from Amazon assisted at Espaço Acolher. The child presented as mainly problems the need to help to perform the bath, difficulty to walk, self-image modifi ed, anxiety and psychomotor agitation. The interventions happened from March to June of 2013 and were based on the playful model, aiming to minimize those problematic identifi ed during the evaluations and observations. As the result of the interventions, there were verifi ed improvement on the psychoemotional and motor state of the client, resulting
on improvement of the performance of the daily life activities, anxiety minimization and psychomotor agitation during the removal from home and improvement of her self-image.

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Author Biographies

  • Paula Dayse Braga Santos, Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA) e Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa em Psicologia e Saúde (IEPS).

    Terapeuta Ocupacional, graduada pela Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA).

    Especialização em andamento em Neurociências Aplicadas à Educação e Saúde, pelo Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa em Psicologia e Saúde (IEPS).

  • Laiana Soeiro Ferreira, Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA) e Universidade da Amazônia (UNAMA).
    Docente Mestre do curso de graduação em Terapia Ocupacional Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA) e Universidade da Amazônia (UNAMA).

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Published

2014-10-14

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Santos, P. D. B., & Ferreira, L. S. (2014). Occupational Therapy Intervention in a scalping case: experiences of a child admitted at Espaço Acolher. Revista De Terapia Ocupacional Da Universidade De São Paulo, 25(2), 185-193. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-6149.v25i2p185-193