Health problems among nursing professionals and related factors

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.17.3.302351
Keywords: Disease, nursing, team, emergency service, hospital, emergency medical services

Supporting Agencies

  • Processo nº 2016/06128-7
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Abstract

Objective: To know the health problems that affect nursing professionals in the emergency unit of a public hospital and the related factors.
Method: Cross-sectional study with 86 nursing professionals from a hospital emergency unit in the countryside of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Data collected through questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: 61.2% of the professionals reported at least one injury or illness with a medical diagnosis, and 59.6% of the professionals had two or more health problems, with a mean number of injuries or illnesses of 2.8 (CI95% 2.1-3.5). The groups ‘injury by accident’ and ‘musculoskeletal diseases’ were predominant, however, injuries in the back, gastritis or duodenal irritation and hypertension were the illnesses with the highest number of reports. Nursing assistants or technicians presented, on average, more injuries or illnesses than nurses, as well as professionals with more than one employment those who felt tired and/or discouraged after work and who had suffered occupational violence. Statistically significant differences were observed between the groups with or without injury or illness in relation to medians of current age (p=0.0075) and age at the start of labor activity (p=0.0188) of workers. There was a statistically significant relationship between presenting an injury or illness and use of medication (p=0.0304).
Conclusion: It is important that the institutions provide working and organizational conditions for workers, in order to enable them to maintain their health, potential and skills for as long as possible.

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Author Biographies

Maiara Bordignon, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Doutoranda em Ciências da Saúde pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp. Estágio de Pesquisa na Escuela de Enfermería da Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2017). Especialização em Oncologia (2015). Especialização em Gestão em Enfermagem (2017). Graduada em Enfermagem - Ênfase em Saúde Pública pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC (2014). Desempenhou atividades em Programas de Extensão, no Núcleo Extensionista Rondon (NER/UDESC), de monitoria acadêmica e Iniciação Científica. Participou do Programa de Estágio Docente-PED nas disciplinas: EN504-Processo de Cuidar do Adulto e Idoso, EN321-Semiologia Aplicada à Enfermagem I, e EN092-Primeiros Socorros da Faculdade de Enfermagem da Unicamp. Membro do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Saúde e Trabalho (Unicamp). Tem atuado principalmente nos temas: saúde e trabalho; saúde do trabalhador; enfermagem; e enfermagem oncológica.

Maria Inês Monteiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

CNPq - PQ 2. É graduada em Enfermagem pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (1979), especializada em Enfermagem do Trabalho, Saúde Coletiva e Administração. Tem mestrado em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1991), doutorado em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo (1997), livre docência pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2002) e pós-doutorado pelo Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (2003). "Visiting researcher" no Finnish Institute of Occupational Health - Helsinki, Small and Medium-sized enterprises team - March - June 2016. Professora associada MS-5-III da Universidade Estadual de Campinas e ministra aulas na graduação e pós-graduação. Orienta alunos de mestrado, doutorado e pós-doutorado. Participou como Professora Visitante em Curso sobre Sustentabilidade na University of Shanghai ? China, em julho de 2010. Parecerista ad hoc de agências de fomento nacional (FAPESP e CAPES) e de periódicos (Revista Latino-americana de Enfermagem, Cadernos de Saúde Pública, REEUSP, Texto & Contexto Enfermagem e Acta Paulista, entre outras). Tem experiência na área de Saúde Coletiva, com ênfase em Saúde, Trabalho e Sustentabilidade, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: saúde e trabalho, enfermagem, saúde do trabalhador, enfermagem em saúde pública e saúde coletiva, capacidade para o trabalho e empreendedorismo. Atua na área de enfermagem e interdisciplinar. Aluna do curso EAD Harvard - PPCR no ano de 2012. Participou do projeto Multicêntrico nacional "Estudo de Risco Cardiovascular em Adolescentes" - ERICA.

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Published
29-06-2018
How to Cite
[1]
Bordignon, M. and Monteiro, M.I. 2018. Health problems among nursing professionals and related factors. Global Nursing. 17, 3 (Jun. 2018), 435–469. DOI:https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.17.3.302351.
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Vol. 17 No. 3 (2018): #51-Julio
Section
ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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