Práticas integrativas e complementares entre os profissionais da saúde : um estudo sobre a percepção dos trabalhadores

Abstract

Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health (CHAIH) have several objectives, including health promotion and disease prevention through a systemic view of the health-disease process. Despite being widely publicized, currently, they are still little known therapies. In order to disseminate the CHAIH and promote the health of health workers at a University Hospital in the Southeast region of Brazil, an extension project called Projeto Cuidar was developed, with Reiki, Tuina, Auriculotherapy, Tai Chi Chuan, among other CHAIH. The general objective of this work was to know the perceptions of health workers at a University Hospital about an extension project, which voluntarily offers Complementary and Integrative Practices to these workers. This was a qualitative descriptive approach, using a case study, with the application of a semi-structured interview technique with the health professionals assisted in the extension project and the application of a socioprofessional questionnaire. Considering that Projeto Cuidar has been under development for more than four years, it is necessary to record this practice, to verify its advances and challenges, theoretically contributing to other institutions that seek to implement CHAIH in the care of health workers. As a result of the research, it was possible to identify that, among the workers interviewed, ages ranged from 33 to 67 years old, with 37.5% being 47 years old. All respondents were female, 50% were married and 87.5% were Catholic. With regard to education, 87.5% had completed higher education, specialization or master's degree. Academic backgrounds are varied, with nursing having the highest number of participants, 37.5%, considering the work shift, 87.5% worked during the day - from Monday to Friday. The capacity units were diversified, demonstrating that the Projeto Cuidar managed to have a significant publicity in the hospital. The perceptions of hospital workers and participants in Projeto Cuidar are, in general, in close agreement with the CHAIH studies. The legitimization of the CHAIH by the interviewed subjects was presented as a process configured throughout the Projeto Cuidar. It was possible to identify the understanding related to the holistic view, the conception of spirituality, the view of self-care and health promotion, and the view of non-medicalization. There was acquisition of knowledge, reflections and search for self-care and health promotion, spirituality and for innovative alternatives to workers' health.