Facilitators and barriers in the organization of physiotherapists’ work in a specialized rehabilitation center

Abstract

Introduction: Physiotherapy is part of the multidiscipli-nary team of specialized rehabilitation centers and seeks to offer users comprehensive care from a biopsychoso-cial perspective. Objective: To get to know facilitators and obstacles related to the physiotherapists’ work orga-nization in a specialized rehabilitation center present in their care practices provided and recommended for persons with disabilities. Methods: We conducted a qualitative, descriptive study, taking the case study as a guiding model, developed and analyzed from methodological resources of ethnography. Three data collection strategies were used: documentary research, direct observation and interviews with physiotherapists. Data were analyzed through the reconstruction of scenes, articulating the elements captured in the data production process. Results: The findings regarding the reception and welcoming pointed out how the aspects of demand and overloaded agenda make it difficult to adopt the embracement, however, welcoming practices are perceived during the assistance provided by the physiotherapist. Assessments and reassessments need to be reformulated, taking a common language base as a reference and for that it is necessary to induce manage-ment with an impact on the organization of work. The singular therapeutic project is not yet a reality in the institution, as its adoption also leads to changes and the dismantling of the established culture of assistance through productivity pressured by demand. Conclusion: Our study made it possible to identify the contribution of knowledge about the organization of work in the specialized center for the implementation or not of an approach that is closer to what is desired in terms of care in the biopsychosocial perspective.