Exploration of the Feasibility of Remote Assessment of Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities: Parents' Perspectives and Related Contextual Factors

Autor(es)

Brugnaro, Beatriz Helena ; Vieira, Fabiana Nascimento ; Fernandes, Gesica ; de Camargo, Olaf Kraus ; Fumincelli, Lais ; de Campos, Ana Carolina ; Pavao, Silvia Leticia ; Cicuto Ferreira Rocha, Nelci Adriana

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH; v. 19, n. 22, p. 14-pg., 2022-11-01.

Resumo

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted face-to-face health services, leveraging telehealth strategies. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate, from a parent's perspective, the feasibility of a remote assessment of functioning in children with developmental disabilities during the pandemic and related contextual factors, based on how parents carry out the assessment. Parents of children with developmental disabilities (mean age = 7.56 +/- 3.68) responded to a remote assessment via electronic forms and telephone interview. We analyzed parents' perspectives about the feasibility of the assessment. We also tested the association between feasibility score and sociodemographics/pandemic experience. Regression analysis tested if children's functioning characteristics predicted feasibility. A total of 57 mothers completed the remote assessment, and more than 95% did not report difficulties in accessing/responding to electronic forms. They scored remote assessment as easy and feasible, and reported no difficulties with telephone interview. Greater feasibility rates were related to lower maternal age (rho Spearman = -0.290; p = 0.029). The model shows that children's characteristics predicted 20.4% of feasibility (p < 0.005). Remote assessment showed to be feasible. Younger mothers might consider easier-to-use technologies, beyond considering remote assessment more viable. These results can guide the next steps in research and remote clinical practice. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 20/05685-5 - Impacto de fatores ambientais na participação em casa de crianças com Síndrome de Down
• Beneficiário: Gesica Fernandes
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica
• Processo FAPESP: 19/13570-6 - Caracterização da atividade e participação de crianças e adolescentes com Síndrome de Down: influência de fatores biopsicossociais
• Beneficiário: Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira Rocha
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 19/13716-0 - Determinantes da participação nos ambientes da casa, da escola e da comunidade de crianças e adolescentes com Síndrome de Down
• Beneficiário: Beatriz Helena Brugnaro
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado Direto
• Processo FAPESP: 21/15016-6 - Apoio comunitário no Brasil durante a pandemia da Covid-19 & elaboração, tradução e adaptação transcultural da versão 2.0 da medida de processos de cuidado (MPOC) para o português brasileiro
• Beneficiário: Beatriz Helena Brugnaro
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Doutorado Direto