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Occupational Therapy interventions with post Chikungunya Fever patients: an experience report

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Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2021.58338

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Introduction: Individuals affected by Chikungunya Fever, depending on the severity of the clinical picture, often fail to perform some of their daily activities due to pain intensity. Thus, functional losses result in changes in occupational roles. Objectives: To report the experience of occupational therapeutic care with patients after Chikungunya Fever, and describe the interventions and strategies used. Methods: This is a descriptive, experience-based study from experiences in an extension project with 10 patients after Chikungunya Fever, conducted at the Physical Therapy School Clinic in collaboration with the Occupational Therapy Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco, from April to December from 2018. Results: Eight female and two male patients aged 48 to 74 years participated in the study. Occupational Therapy collaborated with the project through actions such as: occupational therapeutic evaluation, team discussion, self-care group and a dialogical group of students of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, as well as individualized monitoring by one of the project participants. Conclusion: The actions proved to be important for the construction of knowledge about the disease and better coping with it from the focus of Occupational Therapy. It was considered that occupational therapeutic interventions can be individual and/or group, based on the principles of rheumatology on joint protection and energy conservation as important references for subsidizing therapeutic actions.

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Chikungunya Fever; Health Education; Occupational Therapy; Rheumatology; Self-Help Devices.

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Silva, L. de P., Silva, B. do N., Tenório, A. da S., Cabral, A. K. P. da S., Sanguinetti, D. C. de M., & Amaral, D. S. (2021). Occupational Therapy interventions with post Chikungunya Fever patients: an experience report. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 22(2), 121–135. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2021.58338
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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