Cuidar: sistema para auxílio no tratamento de crianças com microcefalia em ambiente domiciliar.

Abstract

In October 2015, the Health Department of Pernambuco issued a state of emergency statement for an epidemic of microcephaly. In November of the same year, the Zika virus (ZIKV) was identified as responsible for microcephaly in babies. In this context, the CER (Specialized Center in Rehabilitation) of the city of Campina Grande-PB, works in the rehabilitation of children with microcephaly caused by Zika virus (MSC-ZIKV). Part of the treatment is carried out through motor stimulation procedures to be continued in the home environment. After interviews and visits to the CER, it was discovered that this care is not being done properly, with a difference between the prescribed tasks and those actually performed by the caregivers. Such differences can compromise the effectiveness of the treatment and impair the patient's evolution. This work aims to develop an application capable of helping caregivers in the process of motor stimulation of children with MSC-ZIKV. The application was developed on two different platforms, web and mobile. The web application aims to enable CER health professionals to register activities and prescribe them to their patients. The mobile part is used by caregivers, in order to obtain better instructions regarding the activities to be performed in the home environment and the recording of these activities.