Brazilian dieticians: professional and demographic profiles

Revista de Nutrição

Rita De Cássia Akutsu¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina Departamento de Medicina PreventivaSão Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: Nutritionist;    Health occupations;    Demographic profile;    Professional profile;    Nutricionista;    Ocupações em saúde;    Perfil demográfico;    Perfil profissional;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-52732008000100002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the difference in Brazilian dieticians' work activities in view of personal, demographic and work variables. METHODS: This study takes a cross-sectional, exploratory approach with random sample per grouping, and with an accuracy of 0.05 and confidence interval of 95.0%. The final sample was of 587 respondents among a total of 25,793 dieticians. Descriptive (mean, median, standard deviation) and variance (Kruskal Wallis, Spearman index and Chi-square) analysis were performed. RESULTS: 46.9% of the respondents lived in Southeast region of Brazil; 96.9% were women; 61.2% had a partner, and the average age was 34.8 years; 51.4% graduated from public universities, 63.9% accomplished some kind of post-graduation course; 55.9% worked in private institutions and 39.7% had worked in their current job for at least two years; 30.7% performed their activities in more than one area and 24.4% worked in food and nutrition units. Variance analysis indicated that there was significant difference in the stratified variables type of institution in which the dieticians graduated from, " year of graduation" , " type of organization" in which they work and " time working" stratified by geographic region. CONCLUSION: Typical dieticians are women, young, have a partner, live in the Brazilian Southeast, finished a post-graduate course, perform their activities in more than one area or in food and nutrition units and in private companies.

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