Estratégia de autocuidado praticadas por mães de crianças com transtorno do espectro autista

Abstract

The present research has as object of study the self-care practiced by mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder, considering that motherhood involves many responsibilities and challenges, but for mothers of atypical children, the barriers can be even greater, with an overload of obligations that can directly affect your self-care. Thus, the objective of this researchto analyze the self-care evidence developed by mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.The study in question is an integrative literature review, which was carried out by consulting the databases Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online and Scientific and Technical Literature from Latin America and the Caribbean, using strategies such as pairing of descriptors along with the AND and OR Booleans. The search in the databases identified a total of 358 articles, which after an eligibility analysis, six were selected to compose the review. Among the selected studies, there was a predominance of foreign studies in the English language, the methods used in the studies were predominantly qualitative, predominated in the sample with recommendation grade B and evidence level 2C. Among the selected studies, 2018 had the highest number of published articles. Thus, the evidence found was classified into three distinct categories: physical self-care; mental self-care and emotional self-care. In view of this, studies indicate that mothers of children on the autistic spectrum have high levels of stress and anxiety due to the overload of family management, butrecognize that they needpractice self-care to deal with stress and day-to-day demands. Therefore, further research aimed at mothers who care for atypical children is necessary.