Physical and psychosocial risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders in Brazilian and Italian nurses

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Michele Carugno²  Angela Cecilia Pesatori²  Marco Mario Ferrario¹  Andrea Lepos Ferrari¹  Fábio Jose Da Silva¹  Aline Caldas Martins¹  Vanda Elisa Andres Felli¹  David Coggon¹  Matteo Bonzini¹ 

[1] ,University of Milan Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Milan,Italy

关键词: Nursing Staff;    Cross-cultural Comparison;    Musculoskeletal Diseases;    Absenteeism;    Recursos Humanos em Enfermagem;    Comparação Transcultural;    Doenças Musculoesqueléticas;    Absenteísmo;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2012000900003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

As part of the international CUPID investigation, we compared physical and psychosocial risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders among nurses in Brazil and Italy. Using questionnaires, we collected information on musculoskeletal disorders and potential risk factors from 751 nurses employed in public hospitals. By fitting countryspecific multiple logistic regression models, we investigated the association of stressful physical activities and psychosocial characteristics with site-specific and multisite pain, and associated sickness absence. We found no clear relationship between low back pain and occupational lifting, but neck and shoulder pain were more common among nurses who reported prolonged work with the arms in an elevated position. After adjustment for potential confounding variables, pain in the low back, neck and shoulder, multisite pain, and sickness absence were all associated with somatizing tendency in both countries. Our findings support a role of somatizing tendency in predisposition to musculoskeletal disorders, acting as an important mediator of the individual response to triggering exposures, such as workload.

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