| Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) and stimulation provided in the home environment are influential factors in aspects of child well-being including motor development. Little is known regarding the influence of SES on specific aspects of the home environment. Objective: To evaluate the availability of affordances in the home to promote infant motor development and family SES. Method: The sample consisted of 300 families with infants aged 3 to 18 months. SES was assessed according to family socioeconomic class, income and parental level of education. To evaluate motor affordances found at home, the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development-Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS) was used. The AHEMD-IS was designed to assess dimensions of the home environment including Physical Space (outside and inside space), Daily Activities and Play Materials (fine-motor and gross-motor toys). Results: SES indicators significantly influenced the availability of Physical Space and Play Materials. The Physical Space dimension was influenced by family economic class and income. The Play Materials dimension was influenced by all SES indicators. Daily Activities were not influenced by any of the SES indicators. Daily activities and play material were influenced by the infant's age. Conclusions: This study suggests that SES indicators are influential with regard to the provision of motor affordances in the home environment for infants. However, daily activities, which represent an aspect of the environment that is highly dependent on parental generation of situations that are conducive to motor skill development, are independent of family SES.
The home environment has been established as a crucial factor for motor development,
especially in infants. Exploring the home environment can have significant
implications for intervention, as it is common practice in physical therapy to have
professionals advise patients on home activities. Since 2010, our group has been
working on the development of the Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor
Development - Infant Scale (AHEMD-IS), a parental self-reporting instrument designed
to assess the quality and quantity of factors (affordances) in the home environment.
In Brazil, the instrument has been translated as "Affordances no Ambiente Domiciliar
para o Desenvolvimento Motor - Escala Bebê", and it has been extensively used in
several studies that address infant development. These studies in Brazil and other
parts of the world highly recommended the need for a normative sample and
standardized scoring system. A description of the study that addressed that need,
along with the English version of the questionnaire and score sheets, was recently
published in the well-known and respected journal Physical Therapy.
Our intent with the present short communication is to notify Brazilian investigators
and clinicians of this latest update so they can download the new instrument, as well
as present the Brazilian (Portuguese) version of the AHEMD-IS along with its scoring
system.
Objective: To evaluate whether the application of bilevel positive airway pressure in the
postoperative period of bariatric surgery might be more effective in restoring
lung volume and capacity and thoracic mobility than the separate application of
expiratory and inspiratory positive pressure. Method: Sixty morbidly obese adult subjects who were hospitalized for bariatric surgery
and met the predefined inclusion criteria were evaluated. The pulmonary function
and thoracic mobility were preoperatively assessed by spirometry and cirtometry
and reevaluated on the 1st postoperative day. After preoperative
evaluation, the subjects were randomized and allocated into groups: EPAP Group
(n=20), IPPB Group (n=20) and BIPAP Group (n=20), then received the corresponding
intervention: positive expiratory pressure (EPAP), inspiratory positive pressure
breathing (IPPB) or bilevel inspiratory positive airway pressure (BIPAP), in 6
sets of 15 breaths or 30 minutes twice a day in the immediate postoperative period
and on the 1st postoperative day, in addition to conventional physical
therapy. Results: There was a significant postoperative reduction in spirometric variables
(p<0.05), regardless of the technique used, with no significant difference
among the techniques (p>0.05). Thoracic mobility was preserved only in group
BIPAP (p>0.05), but no significant difference was found in the comparison among
groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: The application of positive pressure does not seem to be effective in restoring
lung function after bariatric surgery, but the use of bilevel positive pressure
can preserve thoracic mobility, although this technique was not superior to the
other techniques.
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