Proposta de aplicativo eletrônico para edição de termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido e termo de assentimento livre e esclarecido em fisioterapia pélvica

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Physical therapy has evolved in recent years to the point of becoming a regulated profession that provides assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of conditions, from sports injuries to the rehabilitation of serious injuries and illnesses. Lately, physiotherapy has been growing in such a way, that it is essential to discuss the ethical issues involved in this area. There is a gap to be filled with regard to ethical issues, so it was proposed to create an electronic application that contains an editable TCLE/TALE according to the needs of each professional that works in the area of Pelvic Physiotherapy. First, a questionnaire was developed for professionals in the area, investigating what their needs to be met with a specific TCLE/TALE. The application also contains the Code of Ethics for Physiotherapy. The objectives are to proceed the creation of an electronic application that can provide a TCLE and a TALE to pelvic physiotherapist professionals. METHOD: Development of an operational tool for technological innovation for the construction of TCLE and TALE in the area of pelvic physiotherapy, consisting of software for use in devices that operate iOS systems, in html5 language, and Android, in web 2.0. Therefore, an integrative review study of the indexed scientific literature was carried out, in Portuguese and English, about the use of the informed consent and TALE in Physiotherapy, more specifically about the existence of a Free and Informed Consent Form and a Free Assent Term and Clarified, for patient care, within the specialty of Pelvic Physiotherapy. RESULTS: It was concluded that there is an incipient number of articles on the subject in Brazil, since no article by a Brazilian author was found, on physiotherapy and TCLE. The scarce scientific production abroad was also noted, which could lead to the need for further advances in research on the subject not only in Brazil, but also abroad. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded with this work that, given the insufficiency of articles on bioethics and TCLE/TALE in the area of pelvic physiotherapy, it was extremely important to bring this issue to this work. The patient needs to know what will be done with him during the physical therapy approach, so this information must be made very clear within a specific TCLE/TALE, through an application that facilitates this information, containing all the risks and benefits of the resources and techniques, from local to global techniques, that will be used by the physiotherapist in the treatment of this patient.