ANÁLISE DO PERFIL DE CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES ACOMPANHADOS POR EQUIPE MULTIPROFISSIONAL EM AMBULATÓRIO DE PSIQUIATRIA DE UM HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the profile of children and adolescents followed by a multiprofessional team in a psychiatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital. To carry out this study, 280 records of patients aged between 2 and 18 years (mean= 11.90; SD= 3.75) were analyzed, 30% female (n=83) and 70% male (n=197), treated by the sector and who had undergone psychiatric treatment during the period from 2007 to 2021. The data showed that the education of most patients (14.29%) at the beginning of the treatment was childhood education, while most of the mothers (28.57%) had completed high school. The most prevalent psychiatric disorders in the study were: autistic spectrum disorder (n= 91; 22.98%), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (n= 80; 20.20%) and intellectual disability (n= 74; 18.69%). The most prevalent comorbidity in patients with autism was intellectual disability. The medications prescribed by outpatient physicians that appeared most frequently were risperidone (n= 96; 24.18%), followed by methylphenidate (n= 47; 11.84%). The year 2020 was the period when there were the highest number of patients entering treatment at the outpatient clinic (n= 78; 24.53%). It was also found that the majority of patients (n= 121; 43.21%) are being followed for less than one year. Of the 280 patients, 17 (5.35%) were referred to the Cuidar project, most children with the diagnostic hypothesis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the case of referrals to occupational therapy (n= 24; 36.36%), most children and adolescents were diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Knowing and analyzing the profile of children and adolescents monitored in a given service or region is of fundamental importance to identify the most appropriate care strategies that can be created aiming at a more effective management of care by the multiprofessional team.