Introduction: Lower back pain is a symptom that significantly affects people's lives, especially workers whose professional achievements can be limited by this pain. Objective: Estimate prevalence of lower back pain and describe the levels of disability amongst construction workers. Methods: 84 construction workers participated in this study. Each of them was given three questionnaires. The first questionnaire was aimed at identifying sociodemographic variables such as work and lifestyle habits. The second questionnaire was created by Monnerat and Pereira to measure the intensity of lower back pain. The last questionnaire was created by Roland-Morris to measure functional incapacity. The SPSS 18.0 program was used for data analysis. Lower back pain was described with the Mann Whitney U test using the variables of both labor and time. Furthermore, a correlation between lower back pain intensity and functional incapacity was found by Spearman. Results: A higher prevalence of lower back pain was found (71.4%) amongst the construction workers especially during laborious activity. Time worked did not affect the prevalence of lower back pain nor did it lead to functional incapacity in workers. Conclusion: Based on all observed data, it was concluded that strenuous labor activity amongst the populace drove lower back pain prevalence.
Resumo: Nos últimos anos, devido ao aumento da interação entre o homem e o animal, observa-se que esta relação provoca reações positivas, tanto físicas quanto psicológicas nos humanos, além de promover avanços na socialização. Desse modo, com o interesse em estudar o seu potencial terapêutico, a Zooterapia começou a ganhar força nas últimas décadas, sendo conhecida como Terapia Assistida por Animais (TAA). Em suma, tendo em vista a importância da Zooterapia, objetiva-se nesse artigo descrever e caracterizar por meio de revisões bibliográficas, a importância da Terapia Assistida por Animais no tratamento de doenças psicológicas, o benefício da relação do homem com o cão, multiprofissionais na TAA, bem como os exames clínicos necessários em zooterapeutas para garantir a segurança dos pacientes assistidos. Os animais de estimação são vistos como membros ativos no processo terapêutico, uma vez que a TAA proporciona uma melhora psicológica, social e cognitiva do paciente, além de promover o bem-estar por meio de atividades multiprofissionais.
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