Group of family companions of hospitalized patients: an occupational therapy intervention strategy in a general hospital / Grupo de familiares acompanhantes de pacientes hospitalizados: estratégia de intervenção da Terapia Ocupacional em um hospital geral

There is a consensus in the literature that the company of a family member during the hospitalization period increases patient recovery. However, this can have some negative effects on the caregiver?s health. With the purpose of reducing these negatives effects, it is useful to let family members express themselves. The State Hospital of Ribeirão Preto created a Group of Family Companions coordinated by the Occupational Therapy and Social Service. This study focuses on the assistance offered in a general hospital to families that undergo the whole illness and hospitalization process of their family member, suffering the impacts of this process in their daily lives, and on the intervention of Occupational Therapy in these cases.(AU)

É consenso na literatura que a presença de um familiar acompanhante durante o período de internação é um fator potencializador da recuperação do paciente. Apesar de ser positivo para o doente, a permanência no hospital do familiar acompanhante traz consigo algumas implicações para a vida e para a saúde dessa pessoa. Com o objetivo de minimizar os efeitos negativos do papel de cuidado, promover acolhimento e possibilitar espaço para o familiar acompanhante se expressar é realizado o grupo de companhantes familiares do Hospital Estadual de Ribeirão Preto, coordenado pelo Serviço de Terapia Ocupacional. O foco principal do artigo é discutir a atenção oferecida no ambiente de um hospital geral aos familiares que acompanham todo o processo de adoecimento e hospitalização do integrante de sua família e sofrem os impactos dessa ação em todo o seu cotidiano. E em especial a intervenção terapêutica ocupacional com esse público.(AU)

Grupo de familiares acompanhantes de pacientes hospitalizados: estratégia de intervenção da terapia ocupacional em um hospital geral / Group of family companions of hospitalized patients: an occupational therapyintervention strategy in a general hospital

É consenso na literatura que a presença de um familiar acompanhante durante o período de internaçãoé um fator potencializador da recuperação do paciente. Apesar de ser positivo para o doente, a permanência nohospital do familiar acompanhante traz consigo algumas implicações para a vida e para a saúde dessa pessoa.Com o objetivo de minimizar os efeitos negativos do papel de cuidado, promover acolhimento e possibilitarespaço para o familiar acompanhante se expressar é realizado o grupo de acompanhantes familiares do HospitalEstadual de Ribeirão Preto, coordenado pelo Serviço de Terapia Ocupacional. O foco principal do artigo édiscutir a atenção oferecida no ambiente de um hospital geral aos familiares que acompanham todo o processode adoecimento e hospitalização do integrante de sua família e sofrem os impactos dessa ação em todo o seucotidiano. E em especial a intervenção terapêutica ocupacional com esse público.

There is a consensus in the literature that the company of a family member during the hospitalization period increases patient recovery. However, this can have some negative effects on the caregiver?s health. With the purpose of reducing these negatives effects, it is useful to let family members express themselves. The State Hospital of Ribeirão Preto created a Group of Family Companions coordinated by the Occupational Therapy and Social Service. This study focuses on the assistance offered in a general hospital to families that undergo the whole illness and hospitalization process of their family member, suffering the impacts of this process in their daily lives, and on the intervention of Occupational Therapy in these cases.

Auditory stimuli from a sensor glove model modulate cortical audiotactile integration.

The purpose of this study was to shed light on cortical audiotactile integration and sensory substitution mechanisms, thought to serve as a basis for the use of a sensor glove in the preservation of the cortical map of the hand after peripheral nerve injuries. Fourteen subjects were selected and randomly assigned either to a training group, trained to replace touch for hearing with the use of a sensor glove, or to a control group, untrained. Training group volunteers had to identify textures just by the sound. In an fMRI experiment, all subjects received three types of stimuli: tactile only, combined audiotactile stimulation, and auditory only. Results indicate that, for trained subjects, a coupling between auditory and somatosensory cortical areas is established through associative areas. Differences in signal correlation between groups point to a pairing mechanism, which, at first, connects functionally the primary auditory and sensory areas (trained subjects). Later, this connection seems to be mediated by associative areas. The training with the sensor glove influences cortical audiotactile integration mechanisms, determining BOLD signal changes in the somatosensory area during auditory stimulation.