Presenteeism in hospital nurses

Abstract

This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional research aimed to determine the estimated productivity of health-related limitations at work in 129 nurses working in direct care delivery to critical and potentially critical patients. Instruments were applied for socio-demographic and functional characterization and for the evaluation of presenteeism (Work Limitations Questionnaire). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software was used for data analysis. In this study, 75% of nurses obtained a lost productivity index of up to 4.84%. The physical demand domain represented the major limitation for these professionals (25%).Presenteeism was directly correlated to health care, occurrence and number of absences, and indirectly related to work time at the unit. It was concluded that organizational or individual factors influence individuals' productivity, in view of the circumstances involving care delivery to critical and potentially critical patients. Presenteísmo en enfermeros hospitalariosEstudio cuantitativo, descriptivo y transversal con el objetivo de determinar la productividad supuesta de las limitaciones en el trabajo relacionadas con la salud de 129 enfermeros que asisten a pacientes críticos y potencialmente críticos. Se utilizó un instrumento para la caracterización sociodemográfica y funcional y para la evaluación de la presencia. Se realizó un análisis estadístico de los datos con el software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. En este estudio, 75 % de los enfermeros obtuvieron un índice de productividad perdida de hasta 4,84%. La demanda física fue el dominio que presentó mayor limitación (25%). La presencia se relacionó directamente a: realización de tratamiento de salud, ocurrencia y número de faltas, e indirectamente al tiempo en la unidad. Se concluye que existe influencia de factores organizacionales o individuales en la productividad del individuo frente a las circunstancias que involucran la asistencia al paciente crítico y potencialmente crítico.

Estresse, coping e burnout da Equipe de Enfermagem de Unidades de Terapia Intensiva: fatores associados

“…In terms of coping, the control dimension of coping was prevalent among the nursing staff, similarly to another Brazilian study (27) . This finding corroborates the results that showed that the participants assessed work-related stressors as positive events and used adequate coping strategies to deal with these situations.…”

Assessment of stress, coping and presenteeism in a nephrology unit

“…and refers to questions such as lack of recognition, autonomy, and the indefiniteness of the profession, impotence facing the situations, aspects of the physical environment and institutional organization (see Table 1). The Factors Intrinsic to the Work, third category of the inventory, is composed by 10 items (1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,14) which deal with the working functions performed, such as working hours and inadequate resources [5] . The ISN allows measuring the general occupational stress of the nurse based on the averages of scale's items.…”

“…So, the use of problem-focused strategies, considered the more effective to lead to stressors from occupational context, may be not useful or effectives, causing a higher level of stress in nurses of nephrology units and impacting on their health, on productivity and on nursing care quality. This linkage between medical conditions, including stress, and productivity loss is inserted in the concept of presenteeism, described as a condition in which people attend to work environment, but the tasks included in workers' role are performed of a nonproductive way, i.e., there is not a good performance due to physical and mental illness related to work process [14] .…”

Absenteísmo do pessoal de enfermagem: decisões e ações de enfermeiros gerentes

“…Of these, musculoskeletal system diseases were the most common among nursing professionals (8,13) . Also, with respect to predisposing factors for health problems, one study asserted that employees came to work mentally and physically willing, but left mentally and physically unwell (14) . Another factor deemed by nursing managers as contributing to absenteeism involved personal relationships.…”