AVALIAÇÃO DE SINTOMAS DE DOENÇAS OSTEOMUSCULARES EM PROFISSIONAIS DE ENFERMAGEM DE UM HOSPITAL ESCOLA

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders related to work in the nursing team of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia School Hospital of Goiânia / GO. This is a cross-sectional analytical study with a quantitative approach, using the Nordic Osteomuscular Symptoms Questionnaire (QNSO) and an occupational sociodemographic questionnaire. A total of 119 nurses and nursing technicians from the various sectors of the Hospital Escola were surveyed. After the application of the instruments, the data were tabulated in a spreadsheet using the Excel software (Microsoft 2013) and later analyzed with the statistical package Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS 24.0). Through this, descriptive analyzes were performed using frequencies, mean and standard deviation. The characterization of the sociodemographic profile and organizational environment were performed by means of the absolute (n) and relative (%) frequency. The normality of the data was verified using the Shapiro- Wilk test. The comparison of the musculoskeletal symptoms scores with the sociodemographic profile and organizational environment was performed using the Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis tests. Of the 119 professionals interviewed, 97.5% were female, 103 reported some type of symptom and 63% reported having children. Of these workers, 60.5% reported pain in the lower back in the last 12 months and 43.7% in the last seven days, with pain in this region being the major cause of withdrawal from work. People who had children moved away from work more than those who did not have children (p = 0.03). Those who reported some symptom in the last 12 months also considered that their work environment posed some health risk (p = 0.02). In addition, those interviewed who reported that " (p <0.01) and in the last seven days (p = 0.02). The present study demonstrated the need to seek improvements in working conditions in order to reduce the risk of nursing professionals developing musculoskeletal disorders related to the work environment.