Knowledge and perception of the role of the speech pathologist in the care of premature infants

Conocimiento y percepción del rol fonoaudiológico en la atención de neonatos prematuros

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Miguel Antonio Vargas Garcia
María Isabel Mazo Velasco
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The work of the speech therapist in the Neonatal Critical Care Unit is fundamental to the care and maintenance of life, consolidating safe and effective feeding methods in patients. The suction-swallowing-breathing triad is a physiological food resource that, when altered, triggers risk factors in neonatal health. To address the risks produced by suction-swallowing-breathing incoordination, this work seeks to describe the knowledge and perception of the role of the speech-language pathologist in the care of premature infants at the Bolivarian University Clinic during 2021. The methodology based on a cross-sectional descriptive study under a mixed approach to instrument analysis. It included the execution of a Likert-type self-completion survey, semi-structured interviews, and the development of two focus groups. For reference of the study, 6 professions linked to the Neonatal Critical Care Unit participate with a total of 33 participants with an average of 9 years of professional experience. 93.9% recognize the term dysphagia; this same percentage recognizes the concept of nutritive and non-nutritive sucking. Those who say they know the term dysphagia strongly agree that it is treated in 97%. However, do not use the speech therapist as the professional who defines the feeding criteria in premature infants. The conclusions suggest the active visualization of the speech-language pathologist within Neonatal Critical Care Unit teams, under the projection of consolidating the swallowing rehabilitation of premature infants

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Miguel Antonio Vargas Garcia, Universidad Metropolitana

Miguel Vargas García
Fonoaudiólogo
Especialista Terapia Miofuncional
Especialista Práctica Pedagógica Universitaria.
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