Medical reports recommending work restrictions at a teaching hospital in Brazil

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Giovana Pimentel Gurgueira¹  Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre¹ 

[1] ,State University of Campinas School of Medical Science

关键词: hospital units;    human engineering;    occupational health;    nursing;    unidades hospitalarias;    ingeniería human;    salud ocupacional;    enfermería;    unidades hospitalares;    engenharia humana;    saúde ocupacional;    enfermagem;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692006000400007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This non-experimental and cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to evaluate medical reports recommending work restrictions for workers at a teaching hospital in Brazil. A form was used for data collection, characterizing the medical reports and work restrictions, with its content previously validated. A total of 176 medical reports was analyzed, containing 337 work restrictions, recommended from January 2001 to January 2004. The results demonstrated a high rate of work restrictions in the study hospital. The most restrictions frequent were ergonomic (78.6%), and the most often prescribed were: no weight lifting or carrying and no repetitive movements. There was an average of two restrictions per medical report, 79.5% of which were definitive and the mean restriction period was 13 months.

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