The use of assistive technological tools in people with depression arising from the Covid Pandemic

Abstract

Depression is a disease that affects approximately 60 million people in the world each year, affecting around 11.5 million Brazilians, which presents in the individual severe anxiety disorders, which may evolve into cases of suicide, ranking among the 20 major causes of death/ year. As a result of Covid-19, approximately 90% of cases of depression in Brazil in the last year increased and people with anxiety crisis and symptoms of acute stress doubled in 2020, and this increases concerns regarding the social isolation that extends. This study aimed to investigate the resources of assistive technologies applied to depressive cases with potential application as treatment mechanisms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a study with an exploratory objective, a quantitative approach and a bibliographic procedure and descriptors databases. The study evaluated the presence of 306 articles, being used as a filter the interval between 5 and 10 years of publication. The tools used to depression acquired during the pandemic were also discussed, where the results contributed to broader reflections on the challenges imposed by the pathology. Some interesting results were obtained with the application of Tec. Assistive (AT) depressed patients by Covid-19, highlighting: remote care, electroconvulsive therapy, Deprexis, in addition to art therapy and music therapy, the latter being calls for integrative and complementary practices in health (PICs) with application encouraged by SUS showing great relevance and effectiveness in the treatment. The research carried out has shown the potential of ED tools to address the effects of depression in people with Covid-19. This study encourages the development of new research and the development of instruments that are more specific to this need in order to minimize the problems arising from this disease.