Paralisia cerebral: uma análise do comprometimento motor sobre a qualidade de vida

Abstract

Relating to the World Health Organization, quality of life (QoL) can be defined as the perception that the individuous have amoung position on life and context of culture and systems of living values, beeing changed by intrinsec and extrinsic factor. It is know that motor disability, affected in different ways on Cerebral Palsy (CP), can lead to social exclusion. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence that motor disabilities exercises on QoL of children with CP assisted at Unicamp’s Physical Therapy Childsh Neurology Ambulatory. This is a descriptive, transversal design study, where 33 children were evaluated with the AUQEI-modified questionnaire. This questionnaire is compound by 40 itens related with the domains: activities, health, function and separation, which answers were classified as very said, said, happy, and very happy. From this 33 children, 5 (15,16%) were diagnosted as tetraparetics, 9 (27,28%) as diparetics and 19 (57,56%) as hemiparetics. Analysing the tetraparetic group, 40% didn’t have independente gait; from thoses who have, 20% becomes said when are running. Everyone becomes said when catch an object with the hand more compromised. From the diparetic group, 33,33% fills said when think on father and 22,23% are not happy when see the own photo. From the hemiparetic group, 42,10% said that they fill said or very said when go to the doctor. As long as 47,05% are said when they think on mother, 29,41% fills said when think on father. Relative to physiotherapy, 80% of the tetraparetic grupou and 100% of the diparetic and hemiparetic group said that enjoy the sesson. The results shows that the answers are heterogeneous according to the motor disability, and disability influences directly the QoL. An interdisciplinary intervention is inevitable for a batter health promotion.