Epidemiological characterization of patients treated at a rehabilitation center: a retrospective analysisIntroduction: Although essential in the context of the Unified Health System (SUS – Sistema Único de Saúde), physiotherapy services go through challenges that can be faced through the assessment of supply and demand as a way to guide public policies, contributing to the organization and more effective practices.
Objective: To analyze the sociodemographic and clinical profile of physiotherapy service patients at a Rehabilitation Center in Rio de Janeiro.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study based on the analysis of medical records. The statistical analysis used the following tests: central tendency measures, frequency analysis, chi-squared test, Fisher's exact test, and Spearman's correlation test.
Results: A total of 300 medical records were analyzed. It was observed a majority of women (68%) and black individuals (61%) among the patients. The most common injuries were trauma-orthopedic (54.7%), rheumatological (34.3%), and neurofunctional (9%). Young men were more frequently associated with cardiorespiratory diseases, and seniors to neurological injuries. Sessions lasted an average of 28 minutes, with electrotherapy being the most common resource. Rheumatological diseases received more treatment with combined therapies. Women received less kinesiotherapy and more manual therapy. Black individuals received more combined therapies, and white individuals received more single resources.
Conclusion: There was an inequality in treatment regarding sex and race in the sample analyzed. Furthermore, the results indicate that the approach, methods, as well as service techniques and timeframes, all need to be reconsidered, in order to be in line with SUS's biopsychosocial model, scientific guidelines, and principles.
Keywords:
Epidemiological profile; Community Health Centers; Rehabilitation; Unified Health System; Physiotherapy
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