Restrições em trabalhadores de enfermagem: perfil e intervenções da terapia ocupacional

Abstract

Introduction: Hospital nursing workers have a high risk of developing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs), mainly due to intense exposure to workloads. The individual and institutional consequences of WMSDs are devastating and even worse in the case of readjusted workers. Thus, it is imperative to understand their limitations and perform rehabilitation treatment, aiming to improve their symptoms and their functional capacity. Objective: to identify sociodemographic, health and occupational status of readjusted workers and to evaluate the impact of occupational therapy interventions. Method: a quantitative experimental uncontrolled randomized clinical trial, in a public hospital in the city of São Paulo. Data collection occurred from May to November 2017, with 25 readjusted nursing workers with limitations in the Upper Limbs (UL); instruments used were a questionnaire containing sociodemographic, occupational and health data and three standardized ones -Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH), Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of pain. After characterization, a subgroup underwent individual treatment of occupational therapy and was re-evaluated at the end of treatment. Data were submitted to descriptive analysis and descriptive and analytical statistical treatment. Results: 25 workers, women, being three nurses, four nursing aides and 18 nursing technicians, with 48 years old of average age and an average of 19 working years, followed the inclusion criteria. Working in 11 different hospital settings, they presented a mean BMI of 29,55, with eight athletes and an average of two WMSDs and two work limitations per person, also featuring a high number of comorbidities. The predominant work activities were: writing, checking vital signs and medication. According to the NMQ of the previous 12 months, the highest prevalences of symptoms were 92% in

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