Terapia assistida por animais na melhora sociocomportamental de pessoas autistas: uma revisão de escopo

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https://doi.org/10.34024/rnc.2024.v32.15667

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Terapia Assistida por Animais, Autismo, Comportamento Social, Eficácia

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Objetivos. Com o intuito de dimensionar os impactos da Terapia Assistida por Animais (TAA) na melhoria dos comportamentos sociais de indivíduos autistas, esta revisão de escopo se dedica a mapear os dados disponíveis e a identificar as lacunas de conhecimento sobre esse tema. Método. Esta revisão de escopo seguiu o checklist PRISMA-ScR. Inicialmente, foi elaborada a pergunta de pesquisa, conforme o modelo Paciente (P), Contexto (C), Conceito (C) – PCC. Em seguida, realizou-se a busca dos artigos, utilizando Mesh Terms e operadores booleanos, nas bases científicas PubMed, Scielo, Web of Science, Scopus e BVS. Os estudos recuperados foram exportados para o gerenciador Rayyan. Posteriormente, dois revisores blindados selecionaram os artigos, seguindo os critérios de inclusão e exclusão, e uma planilha com a síntese das evidências encontradas foi construída. Resultados. 19 artigos foram escolhidos por se alinharem aos objetivos desta pesquisa. Na amostra, destacam-se ensaios clínicos controlados e randomizados (42,10%) e estudos qualitativos (21,05%). Dos estudos, 68,4% tiveram os impactos da TAA avaliados por especialistas da área terapêutica ou pedagógica, enquanto 31,5% foram avaliados segundo a perspectiva de pais ou parentes próximos. Em cerca de 94,73% dos manuscritos, observou-se que a TAA promoveu melhorias sociocomportamentais nos participantes autistas. Conclusões. Os resultados encontrados por esta revisão sugerem que a TAA viabiliza a melhoria sociocomportamental de indivíduos autistas. Entretanto, estudos mais aprofundados precisam ser feitos para ampliar as evidências científicas.

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2024-03-23

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Amorim, D. R. S. G. de ., Malta, D. G., Xavier, A. V. N. T., Barbosa, W. R. P., Souza, V. A. M., Silva, L. E. H. da, Menezes, R. V. de, Peixoto, M. J. S. R. de L., Silva, L. B. R. da, & Silva, H. R. de S. e. (2024). Terapia assistida por animais na melhora sociocomportamental de pessoas autistas: uma revisão de escopo. Revista Neurociências, 32, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.34024/rnc.2024.v32.15667

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Recebido: 2023-09-21
Aceito: 2024-02-20
Publicado: 2024-03-23

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