Satisfaction of speech therapist in the Hearing Health Care from the perspective of remuneration and working hours

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the association between remuneration and working hours of speech-language pathologists of the Hearing Health Care with sociodemographic characteristics and satisfaction with the physical structure, routine and administrative demands. Methods: exploratory cross-sectional study, with non-probabilistic sample, composed of 27 speech-language pathologists of the Hearing Health Care Network of two micro-regions of Curvelo and Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais. The data collection was performed through an interview, using a semi-structured questionnaire elaborated by the researchers. The associations were analyzed through Chi-square Test and Fisher’s Exact Test, being the results with p≤0,05 considered as statistically significant associations. Results: most of the respondents are postgraduate, are employed, have a salary range between two and four minimum wages and work 23.15 hours per week in average. The speech-language pathologists who work between 21 and 40 hours per week are postgraduate and are more satisfied with the human resources policy, on the other side those who receive higher wages tend to be more satisfied with the assisted population. Conclusion: the study shows that professionals with higher remuneration tend to be more satisfied with the assisted population. Speech therapists with higher working hours tend to be more satisfied with the human resources policy.