ANA CAROLINA BASSO SCHMITT
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Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/54 - Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/54 - Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Overview of physical therapy graduation courses in Brazil: current scenario(2017) GÓES, Angela Baroni de; ARAÚJO, Francisca Rêgo Oliveira de; MARQUES, Amélia Pasqual; SCHMITT, Ana Carolina BassoAbstract Introduction: After the regulation of Physical Therapy (PT) in 1969, there were only six undergraduate courses in Brazil. In the 90s, higher education underwent major expansion in all professions and the same occurred to PT, with consequent increase in the number of professionals in the labor market and privatization of education. Objective: To describe the current situation of PT courses in Brazil offered by Higher Education Institutions (IES). Methods: The data for the region, academic organization, situation, period, school system, administrative category, vacancies, course hours and duration were obtained from the website of the Ministry of Education (MEC) and refer to the year of 2013. The descriptive analyzes of central tendency, dispersion and percentage were performed in Stata 9®. Results: From the total of 550 IES registered in the MEC, 281 (51%) were in the Southeast. Regarding the academic organization, 341 (62%) corresponded to universities and 483 (87.9%) of the IES were private. Of the courses, 521 (94.7%) are active, the predominant school system was the semiannual (91.5%) and 438 were part-time. The average vacancies authorized by the IES were 129 ± 102, with at least 44,900 vacancies available in the country. Of the courses, 75% had 4,000 hours of duration with the minimum of seven semesters and a maximum of fourteen. Conclusion: The data show a higher offer of PT courses in the private sector compared to the public. There was a progressive concentration of courses and vacancies in the Southeast, especially in São Paulo.
- Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and impact on physical function and health care services in Belterra/PA(2016) MOTA, Paulo Henrique dos Santos; GAUDERETO, Bruna Leite; CARDOSO, Maria Regina Alves; SCHMITT, Ana Carolina BassoAbstract Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain worth being investigated for being a multidimensional prevalent phenomenon, difficult to be understood which may have as main factors: tissue injury as well as emotional, social and environmental aspects. It is essential to know the specificity of the pain to define strategies for disease prevention and health promotion of the population. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain, describing its features and functional implications in population from Belterra/Pará. Method: In a descriptive study, there were evaluated subjects who participated in activities of the project Bandeira Científica. Prevalence of pain was estimated with a confidence interval of 95%. Descriptive measures were used to characterize pain and consequences for functionality. Results: 453 subjects were interviewed, the mean age was 44.3 years old (SD = 18.0) and 69.6% were women. Prevalence of chronic pain was 62.5% and of back pain was 55.0%. Almost daily pain was felt by 67.9% and by 69.6% the intensity was strong or unbearable during crisis. Individuals with unbearable intensity and daily frequency of symptoms reported difficulty to perform heavy activities (91.5%) and to remain in the same position (82.9%). Conclusion: The prevalence of pain was high, of chronic feature, with high intensity and high frequency, long duration, most frequently in the vertebral column. The pain had interference in the performance of heavy activities and maintaining the same posture in people with greater intensity and frequency of pain.