The challenge of interprofessionality: perception of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy professionals on teamwork in Rio Grande do Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Marchezan, Nathany Caleiro
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Maier, Paola Machado, Bassi, Bianca Gonçalves de Carrasco, Machado, Mithielle de Araújo, Ponte, Aline Sarturi
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/39690
• topic: Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy Specialty; Patient care team.; Terapia Ocupacional; Fisioterapia; Equipe de assistência ao paciente.

Introduction: Currently there is great relevance to understand the perception about team performance among professionals in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy. Objective: This study aims to understand the perception of professionals in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy regarding team performance. Method: Descriptive, exploratory, mixed methodology - qualitative and quantitative. Data collection was performed in May and June 2016. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively by Statistica 9.1 software and qualitative data were analyzed by Content Analysis. Results: 161 professionals participated in this study, of which 131 (81.4%) were Physical Therapists and 30 (18.6%) were Occupational Therapists accredited to the Regional Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy - CREFITO-5. As for sex, the predominance of female professionals (142 [88.2%]), the mean age was 34.03 years, the area of professional activity that prevailed was Neurology (17 [11, 1%]) followed by General (16 [9.5%]), most professionals work in hospitals (23 [11.6%]), however it was not the only place, most of the participants work in a multiprofessional team (53,1%) and are concentrated in the metropolitan region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (62 [42.3%]). Final Considerations: through this study, it was observed the difficulty of understanding by professionals in relation to the multiprofessional and interprofessional terms and how to apply them in the practice of teamwork. There is a need for health education that fosters the formation of professionals committed to integrality, active actors in the process of improving the health system’s resolution.