Satisfação profissional e sintomas psicológicos e osteomusculares em fisioterapeutas de diferentes áreas de atuação

Abstract

Introduction: Having its beginnings strongly linked to rehabilitation, Physiotherapy has evolved over the years and has become a profession that covers all levels of health care. Despite this, it still presents characteristics that negatively influence the health of professionals who work in it. Objective: To compare professional satisfaction and psychological and musculoskeletal symptoms among physiotherapists in the specialties of Intensive Care, Neurofunctional, Trauma-Orthopedic, Dermato-Functional and Osteopathy. Methodology: Comparative, cross-sectional and quantitative study, carried out with 104 participants, divided into 5 groups: Physiotherapy in Intensive Care (n=16), Neurofunctional (n=14), Traumatic-Orthopedic Functional (n=43), Dermato-Functional (n=13) and Osteopathy (n=18). The Sociodemographic Questionnaire was used to obtain personal, anthropometric data and professional characteristics; Physiotherapist Professional Satisfaction Questionnaire to assess professional satisfaction; Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptom Questionnaire to assess musculoskeletal symptoms; and the Self Report Questionnaire to identify the presence of minor psychological symptoms. Data was collected remotely. The significance level adopted was 5% (p<0,05). Results: Positive signs of professional satisfaction were identified here. Overall, no specialty obtained the minimum score to suggest the presence of psychological impairment, although Dermato-Functional and Intensive Care achieved similar results. Musculoskeletal symptoms were more frequent in the lumbar (52,9%) and cervical (42,3%) regions. Intensive Care professionals had worse sleep quality and frequent headaches. Conclusion: The variables had no significant difference between the specialties analyzed.