Quality of life of the Brazilian speech therapist facing the covid-19 pandemic.
Rubens Nasciutti Neto, Ýleris de Cássia de Arruda Mourão, Fernanda Cardoso de Oliveira Araújo
PMID 35019085WHAT IT FOUND
Brazilian speech therapists reported moderate quality of life during the pandemic, with the lowest scores in psychological and environmental domains.
Women, those without partners, and clinicians working in outpatient or hospital settings reported significantly lower well-being than their male, partnered, and private-practice colleagues.
Key findings
01Overall quality of life was moderate, with psychological and environmental domains scoring lowest among the four assessed areas.
02Male participants and those with partners reported higher quality of life scores in physical and psychological domains compared to females and those without partners.
03Clinicians working in outpatient settings, intensive care units, or palliative care had lower social relationship scores than those in private clinics.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for SLPs
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What it does not show
The study used a convenience sample recruited through social media, which may not represent the entire population of Brazilian speech therapists. The survey was cross-sectional, so it captures a snapshot in time and cannot prove that pandemic work conditions caused the lower quality of life scores. Self-reported data is subject to recall bias and subjective interpretation of well-being.
Declared interests
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The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that working in a private clinic causes better well-being. The study is cross-sectional and does not prove causation; it may be that therapists with higher baseline resilience or resources choose private practice, or that those with lower well-being left hospital settings during the pandemic.