Abstract
Introduction:
This article discusses physical accessibility and possible influences across users of an oncology service. Through the eyes of Occupational Therapy, we consider this as an important aspect before the rehabilitation process of these individuals, as the architectural structure and organization of the environment can be constituted as facilitators or barriers, influencing the human doing.
Objective:
To identify what the actual conditions of physical accessibility for users in the Treatment Center for Children with Cancer (CTCriaC) of the University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM).
Method:
This research has a quantitative approach, which is constituted by a physical evaluation of the areas of free movement of HUSM, as well as space understood by CTCriaC as to the applicability of the Brazilian Regulation: ABNT NBR 9050, and Resolution - RDC nº 50.
Results:
The results were presented in statistics and descriptive study that evaluated 266 items, of which only 30.07% had to be adequate. Among these, 76.92% of the items corresponding to the external access route are inadequate, and 63.97% of those related to internal access route to the HUSM CTCriaC and its environment. 80% and 79.03% of the corresponding items of the bedrooms CTCriaC and toilets were inadequate, respectively.
Conclusion:
It was found that evaluated environments were, in most cases, inadequate due to the presence of architectural barriers, which may cause subsequent damage to persons who have reduced mobility for any reason.
Keywords:
Medical Oncology; Occupational Therapy; Architectural Accessibility; Health Services Accessibility