Conhecimento dos profissionais de sa迆de sobre esclerose m迆ltipla = Health professionals＊ knowledge on multiple sclerosis

作者：Lucia Helena Rios Barbosa de Almeida; Francisco Tomaz Meneses de Oliveira; Milena Karen Miranda da Silva; Fabricia Cavalcante Rocha

来源：Acta Scientiarum - Health Sciences, 2011.

• esclerose multipla
• conhecimento
• pratica profissional
• multiple sclerosis
• knowledge
• professional practice

Estudo descritivo de natureza quantitativa que objetivou tra ar o conhecimento dos profissionais da 芍rea de sa迆de sobre Esclerose M迆ltipla. Foi realizado em oito hospitais dos 17 hospitais gerais do munic赤pio de Teresina, Piau赤, em 2008. A amostra n o probabil赤stica foi constitu赤da por 100 profissionais de sa迆de. Utilizou-se um instrumento, por meio de entrevista, com quest es abordando os aspectos relevantes da doen a, com sinais e sintomas, hist車ria natural da doen a, preven o e tratamento. As respostas foram apresentadas em tabelas e gr芍ficos e analisadas 角 luz da literatura pertinente. Verificou-se que 79% eram do sexo feminino, dos quais, 20% eram enfermeiros, 20% fisioterapeutas, 18% fonoaudi車logos, 15% m谷dicos, 15% nutricionistas e 12% psic車logos.Citaram os livros (63%) e a Internet (39%) como fontes de informa o sobre a doen a. Cerca de 84% n o sabiam descrever o surto de esclerose, 82% n o sabiam as causas da doen a e 65% n o conheciam o tratamento. Conclui-se que os profissionais de hospitais gerais de Teresina ainda apresentaram conhecimento insuficiente sobre a tem芍tica. Current quantitative and descriptive study discussing health professionals＊ knowledge on Multiple Sclerosis was undertaken in eight out of the 17 general hospitals in Teresina PI Brazil in2008. A non-probabilistic sample comprised 100 health professionals who were interviewed on issues concerning relevant aspects of the disease, such as its signs and symptoms, the disease＊s natural history, its prevention and treatment. Answers, displayed by tables and graphs, were analyzed according to the literature. Analysis showed 79% of the health professionals were female, of whom 20% were nurses, 20% physiotherapists, 18% speech therapists, 15% physicians, 15% nutritionists and 12% psychologists. Their sources of information on the disease were books (63%) and the Internet (39%). Approximately 84% failed to describe a multiple sclerosis onset, whereas 82% and 65% respectively ignored the disease＊s causes and its treatment. It may be concluded that health professionals in the general hospitals in Teresina lack sufficient knowledge on the topic of multiple sclerosis.