Doença do disco intervertebral em trabalhadores da perfuração de petróleo

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Rita De Cássia Pereira Fernandes²  Fernando Martins Carvalho¹ 

[1] ,Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador Salvador BA ,Brasil

关键词: Petroleum Industry;    Intervertebral Disk;    Bone Diseases;    Occupational Health;    Indústria Petroquímica;    Disco Intervertebral;    Osteopatia;    Saúde Ocupacional;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2000000300014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A cross-sectional study among 1,026 oil drilling workers in Northeast Brazil found a prevalence rate of 5% for intervertebral disk disease, varying from 1.8% (activities without heavy lifting) and 4.5% (occasional lifting) to 7.2% (routine lifting). Disease prevalence was 10.5% among drilling workers with more than 15 years in the industry and 11.3% among those over 40 years of age. Prevalence ratio (PR) for the association between working in oil drilling operations and intervertebral disk disease was 2.3 (95% CI: 1.3-4.0). Retrospective information about exposure was collected to minimize the healthy worker survival effect. Using information on current occupation instead of occupational life history would cause an underestimated PR of 1.1 (95% CI: 0.6-1.9). Logistic regression showed results similar to the tabular analysis. Neither confounding nor interaction was evident. Growth of the Brazilian oil industry and recent changes in the work force contract and management, involving changes in risk management and health control, indicate a need for prompt ergonomic intervention in order to control intervertebral disk disease among oil drilling workers.

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