Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in nursing professionals

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Fernandes, Rita de Cássia Pereira¹  Sena Junior, Antonio Santos de¹  Solla, Davi Jorge Fontoura¹  Santos Junior, Anivaldo Costa¹  Ribeiro, Natália Fonseca¹ 

[1] Universidade Federal da Bahia

关键词: Cumulative trauma disorders;    Repetition strain injury;    Musculoskeletal disorders;    Nursing;    Nursing assistants;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2012000200020

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A cross-sectionalstudy estimated the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders amongnursing assistants in Salvador, Bahia. Three hundred and eight workers, randomlyselected, answered a questionnaire applied by trained interviewers during workinghours. The majority of respondents worked the day shift and did not usuallywork overtime. About 34% reported having another regular job. Average time inthe formal or informal labor market was 19 years. There was high occupationalexposure to repetitive hand movements, standing posture, walking, inadequatepostures of the trunk and manual handling of loads. The prevalence of work-relatedmusculoskeletal disorders in at least one body segment was 83.4%.The most affectedbody segments were: low back (53.9%), legs (51.9%), neck (36.4%), upper back(35.7%) and shoulders (33.8%). There was high prevalence of work-relatedmusculoskeletal disorders in the studied population, which points out to theneed for improvements in the working conditions of those professionals.

【 授权许可】

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