Qual o grau de conhecimento dos acadêmicos e profissionais da fisioterapia sobre dor?

Abstract

Studies show that academics and health professionals, including physical therapy, have limitations in knowledge about various aspects of the subject pain. This can result in inadequate approaches and greater suffering of patients. Thus, it aimed to analyze studies that investigated or proposed strategies to modify the knowledge of academics and physical therapy professionals about pain and its approaches. databases were consulted EBSCO, LILACS, PUBMED, REDALYC and SCIELO through the intersection of keywords: "Pain", "Knowledge", "Education", "Resume", "Physical Therapy" and its corresponding English . It was considered eligible observational studies that examined the knowledge of academics and physical therapy professionals on clinical, pathophysiological and pain management. They were also eligible who tested strategies to modify the knowledge of pain. Screening for the title and summary resulted in the identification of 22 studies. However, only five were included. The selected studies were published between 2003 and 2016, and analyzed the knowledge about general aspects of pain. Only (3/5) studies investigated only participants of physiotherapy. 100% of the research found knowledge through self-administered questionnaires. Four studies used validated questionnaires. Only (1/5) tested strategies to modify the knowledge of pain. The results of this review indicate that the subject pain is discussed only with complementary subtopic, which, while allowing the learning has not been sufficient to warrant it. Physical therapy professionals have inconsistency between theoretical knowledge and their roles in handling and pain humanized care in the clinical setting.