Avaliando a bexiga neurogênica com a CIF

Abstract

It is a descriptive study whose purpose is to correlate the ICF to the instruments applied in the evaluation of children with Neurogenic Bladder in Brazil. We adopted as inclusion criteria, studies that evaluated children with BN and were done integrally or partially in Brazil. We excluded articles that used instruments not validated for the Portuguese language. The included questionnaires had a total of 26 evaluable questions in which 26 significant concepts were identified to be related to the CIF. Seventeen CIF categories were found, with the majority being in bodily functions and activities and participation. Regarding the exams, these corresponded to the total of 11 distinct types which were evaluated and presented 12 significant concepts to be correlated with the CIF. Six CIF categories were found, most of them related to bodily functions and body structures. In view of this correlation, it can be concluded that the Neurogenic bladder evaluation in Brazil has a small correlation with the ICF, demonstrating the fragility and incompleteness of the adopted model, which does not see the child with Neurogenic Bladder as a biopsychosocial being whose health suffers repercussions of all domains of his life and not just the impairment of his bodily functions and structures. More studies are needed to build a CIF-based model (Core-sets) that offers a more comprehensive and effective assessment.