Social representation of speech therapy in Portuguese health professionals and non-health professionals/Representacao social da terapia da fala nos profissionais e nao profissionais de saude Portugueses

Purpose: to identify and analyze the dimensions of meaning (or semantic universes) that organize the ideas, emotions and images in relation to the speech therapy professionals in health and non health professionals. Methods: a qualitative and quantitative study of crossover design, consisting of a s...

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Published inRevista CEFAC Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 566
Main Authors de Quintal, Maria Aldora Neto, Correia, Paula Cristina Grade, Ma, de Brito Marques Roldao, Olinda Maria, de Carvalho, Catarina Araujo Ferreira, Antunes, Luis Alberto Carvalho Jeronimo
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published CEFAC - Associacao Institucional em Saude e Educacao 01.03.2015
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Summary:Purpose: to identify and analyze the dimensions of meaning (or semantic universes) that organize the ideas, emotions and images in relation to the speech therapy professionals in health and non health professionals. Methods: a qualitative and quantitative study of crossover design, consisting of a sample of 166 individuals of both sexes, 40 (24.1%), speech therapists, 39 (23.5%), other health professionals and 87 (52.4%) not health professionals. (M= 36 years; Range age =18-75 years). We used a visual analogue scale, a socio-demographic questionnaire and a structured interview script, based on the technique of free recall, order and evocation axiom of importance. The qualitative data analysis was made using the Theory of Social Representations, together with Central Nucleus Theory and analysis of quantitative data using a database in Microsoft Excel, software SPSS 19.0 for Windows: Analysis of profiles through simple frequencies, means and standard deviations and organization structures analyzed by the technique of four frame houses. Results: obtained for inducing term speech evocations 830 after homogenization and analysis of evoked terms, reproduced 495 registration units, and a representational system of 13 categories. The core of therapy the representation is centered on communication skills, wellness, diagnosis and treatment of people with disease. Conclusion: the communication was more consensual semantic cognition about the social representation of speech therapy among professionals. KEYWORDS: Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Mental Processes; Health Personnel; Public Opinion Objetivo: identificar e analisar as dimensoes de significacao (ou universos semanticos) que organizam as ideias, emocoes e imagens em relacao a terapia da fala nos profissionais e nao profissionais de saude. Metodos: Estudo qualitativo e quantitativo de metodologia transversal, constituido por uma amostra de 166 individuos de ambos os sexos, 40 (24.1%) terapeutas da fala, 39 (23,5%) outros profissionais de saude e 87 (52,4%) nao profissionais de saude. (M=36anos; Rang[C](aade=18-75anos). Utilizou-se uma escala analogica visual, um questionario sociodemografico e um guiao de entrevista estruturada, baseada na tecnica de evocacao livre, ordem de evocacao e axioma de importancia. A analise dos dados qualitativos foi feita com recurso a Teoria das Representacoes Sociais, aliada a Teoria do Nucleo Central e a analise dos dados quantitativos com recurso a uma Base de dados no Microsoft Excel, Software SPSS 19.0 para o Windows: analise dos perfis por meio de frequencias simples, medias e desvio padrao e organizacao das estruturas analisadas pela tecnica do quadro de quatro casas. Resultados: obteve-se para o termo indutor terapia da fala 830 evocacoes que apos homogeneizacao e analise dos termos evocados, reproduziu 495 unidades de registro, e um sistema representacional de 13 categorias. O nucleo central da representacao esta centrado na comunicacao, qualificacao, bem-estar, diagnostico e tratamento da pessoa com doenca. Conclusao: a comunicacao foi a cognicao semantica mais consensual sobre a representacao social da terapia da fala entre os profissionais. DESCRITORES: Fonoaudiologia; Processos Mentais; Pessoal de Saude; Opiniao Publica
ISSN:1516-1846
DOI:10.1590/1982-021620157414