Perfil profissional e percepções de fonoaudiólogos acerca da profissão

• Autor(a) principal: Faria, Theresa Cristina Feliciano de
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/6600
• topic: Fonoaudiologia; Exercício profissional; Satisfação com a profissão; Job satisfaction; Professional exercise; Speech therapist; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE

Objective: To study the professional characteristics and perceptions of speech therapists in a sample of professionals working in the North and Midwest regions of Brazil. Material and Methods: The study has a crosssectional. An online self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection, containing closed questions presented in multiple choice and ordinal scale (5-point likert scale). Questions included sociodemographic and professional data, as well as questions regarding perceptions about profession and professional activities. Data were collected between March and May 2015 via Qualtrics online survey Platform. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM-SPSS software, and included descriptive statistics, scale reliability and cluster analysis, chi-square test, ANOVA and regression analysis. Results: A total 179 speech therapists (29.25% response rate) participated in this study, 97.8% female, mean age of 36 years (SD = 8.2). Time since graduation ranged between 1.4 and 32 years (mean = 11.6; SD = 6.24). Respondents’ perception about the profession were used to segment participants into three clusters, representing more positive, intermediary and negative self-assessment of personal performance (Dimension 1) views about the profession (Dimension 2). Cluster #2 included professionals with longer graduation time and which are more involved with management activities, education and training, most of them have higher income, working hours above 40 hours a week, and greater job satisfaction. Cluster #3 was characterized by young professionals, most with only graduation degree, with work hours from 20 to 40 hours and low income, which seems to contribute to a higher level of dissatisfaction with the profession. Cluster #1 showed intermediary characteristics between clusters #2 and 3. Between-group comparison showed significant differences among the three clusters for the two dimensions evaluated (p < 0.001). Factors related to the profession (independent variables) that most influence satisfaction of the speech therapist were income, time since graduation and level of education (p <0.001). Dimension 1 (self-assessment) was more positive than Dimension 2 (perception about the profession). Conclusions: It can be concluded that the degree of satisfaction regarding the self-assessment and perception of the profession shows more positive correlation for those with higher age, time since graduation and income. Studies as the present one are needed for a better understanding of the speech therapist profession as well as of the professionals themselves.