Estudo piloto com objetivo de avaliar o impacto de um programa de treinamento oferecida aos profissionais de saúde brasileiros para identificação do autismo.
Resultado: 4 meses após o programa de treinamento, os profissionais relataram seis vezes mais casos suspeitos de autismo em serviço especializado de saúde mental em comparação com os 4 meses anteriores.
Conclusão: Este modelo de treinamento piloto parece uma maneira promissora, viável e barata de melhorar a identificação precoce de TEA no sistema de atenção primária.
Referência:
BORDINI, DANIELA; LOWENTHAL, R.; GADELHA, ARY; ARAUJO FILHO, GERARDO M.DE; MARI, JAIR DE J.; Paula CS. Impact of training in autism for primary care providers: a pilot study. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria (São Paulo. 1999. Impresso)., v.00, p.00 - 00, 2015.
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Resumo:
Objective: To evaluate the impact of a training program on autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
identification offered to Brazilian health professionals.
Methods: Twenty-two primary care providers participated in five 3-hour weekly training sessions.
Results: The trained providers significantly improved their ASD knowledge after training in
comparison with pre-training (mean score, 6.73 vs. 9.18, p, 0.01). Clinical practice also changed:
4 months after the training program, the providers had referred six times as many suspected cases of
ASD to a specialized mental health service in comparison with the previous 4 months.
Conclusion: This pilot training model seems a promising, feasible, and inexpensive way to improve
early identification of ASD in the primary care system.
Keywords: Autistic disorder; inservice training; early diagnosis; primary health care
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