Demographic, socioeconomic and professional aspects of Naturologists

Abstract

Objective: To describe the demographics, socioeconomics and professionals aspects of naturologists in Brazil. Materials and methods: "is is a descriptive research, quantitative nature based on the analysis of numerical data achieved by means of survey and systematic sampling. It has national coverage, was carried out between the months may and september of 2018 and is approved in CEP of UNISUL by the number 2.482.011. "e sample consisted in 176 professionals, considering a sample error of 7%. "e collection of data was performed through an online questionnaire prepared by the authors. Results: "e majority of professionals are female (81.8%), aged between 26 and 35 years (72.7%), working professionally (63.6%) in the office (61.1%). "e monthly income between R$1.001,00 and R$3.000,00 (37.5%) was the most cited among the data. Aromatherapy (85.0%), Floral "erapy (83.1%) and Traditional Chinese "erapy (65.8%) were cited as the most used practices. "e most recurrent fee aplied among participants regarding the services is up to R$ 100,00. Final considerations: It was verified the importance of the professional class union, the creation of a regulatory agency, the regulation of the profession and the importance of descriptive research about this professional class.