Calidad de vida profesional de los fisioterapeutas en el ámbito hospitalario público de Sevilla

Laburpena

Objective Evaluate the level of professional quality of life perceived by the public hospital physiotherapists of the metropolitan area of Seville, and analyse its relationship with sociodemographic and occupational variables. Methods Multicentre descriptive cross-sectional observational study developed in metropolitan area of Seville, including the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Virgen Macarena and Virgen de Valme. The participants were all physiotherapists from the aforementioned hospitals. The response rate was 96% (n=48). The measurement tool used was a questionnaire on professional quality of life (CVP-35), as well as the collecting of sociodemographic and occupational variables. Results The profile of the physiotherapist is female (72.9%), 44 years-old (Q1 41.75; Q3 57), married (79.2%), with 2 children (Q1 1; Q3 2), with a long experience as a physiotherapist of 22 years (Q1 16.25; Q3 30), with a job tenure of 6.5 years (Q1 4; Q3 16.83), tenured (64.6%), full time (89.6%), and morning shift (95.8%). The overall assessment of the perceived professional quality of life scored 7 points (Q1 5; Q3 8). In relation to the 3 dimensions evaluated, the highest score obtained was in the “intrinsic motivation” with 8.17 (SD 1), “workloads”, with 6.06 (SD 1.2), and “management support” with 5.38 (SD 1.54). There were no statistically significant differences as regards social and occupational variables. Conclusions Physiotherapists in hospitals of the city of Seville have a medium-high professional quality of life. They have adequate motivation to do their job, but show some dissatisfaction as regards management support and workload.