Abordagem dos métodos avaliativos em fibromialgia e dor crônica aplicada à tecnologia da informação: revisão da literatura em periódicos, entre 1998 e 2008

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to perform a literature review, in an exploratory and analytical way, to determine the research approach in fibromyalgia and chronic pain descriptors related to the matter of information technology. In order to achieve this goal, a bibliographic survey in the electronic databases SciELO, LILACS and PUBMED was carried out. The search for articles was made exclusively in journals found in these databases, and only those published from 1998 to 2008 were considered for the study. The results showed a great variety of assessment questionnaires for fibromyalgia syndrome, among which the following questionnaires stood out in number of citations in articles: Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Quality of Life Assessment-SF-36 Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, Visual Analog Pain Scale (VAS), American College of Rheumatology Criteria (ACR), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and McGill Pain Questionnaire. The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) was the most cited in both fibromyalgia (57%) and chronic pain (56.3%) descriptors. The association of fibromyalgia and chronic pain descriptors with the subject of information technology resulted in 26 articles, representing 9.7% of all articles found in the search. There was also a considerable increase in the number of research carried through during the years 1998-2007, with an annual growth rate of 26%.

Transcranial direct current stimulation in fibromyalgia: effects on pain and quality of life evaluated clinically and by brain perfusion scintigraphy

“…Eric Guedj of the Central Service of Biophysique et de Médecine Nucléaire in Assistance Publique dês Hôpitaux de Marseille and colleagues have investigated specific clinical correlations of functional brain abnormalities using SPECT. Twenty FM patients have presented frontal lobe, cingulated, temporal and cerebellar cortex hypoperfusion 23 . In our study, brain Spect evaluation of the effective group has suffered significant changes in brain perfusion in 3 patients, showing decreased biparietal hypoperfusion, observed before procedures, and appearance of new images with areas of hyperperfusion in basal ganglia after tDCS.…”

Mineração de Dados aplicada à fisioterapia

“…Outro fator explicativo é o fato de que, mesmo com o avanço da informática em saúde, o registro das informações na área da isioterapia encontra--se, em sua maioria, em prontuários de papel (18). As variadas condições que podem estar associadas à avaliação e ao diagnóstico isioterapêutico tornam a utilização dos registros em papel ine icazes no auxílio ao pro issional, em virtude da falta de praticidade na coleta dos dados e na visualização de seus resultados, di icultando, ainda mais, o tratamento dos dados e escondendo todo seu potencial revelador.…”

Efeito de intervenções aquáticas sobre os sintomas da fibromialgia: uma revisão

“…Os pontos dolorosos podem ser úteis no diagnóstico da fibromialgia quando avaliados em conjunto com outros distúrbios funcionais contemplados nos critérios de 2010. Sua contagem pode se correlacionar com a intensidade de alguns sintomas, particularmente de estresse emocional (Heymann et al, 2017;Camargo, Moser, & Bastos, 2009).…”

“…A avaliação da intensidade da dor é realizada por meio da Escala Visual Analógica da Dor (EVA). Esta escala varia de zero a 10 cm, na qual o zero significa ausência de dor ou desconforto, e 10 o máximo de dor experimentada pelo paciente (Heymann et al, 2017;Camargo et al, 2009).…”