Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho最新文献

{"title":"Characterization of work-related accidents among professionals in a public university from 2015 to 2019.","authors":"Marli Aparecida Reis Coimbra, Henver Ribeiro de Paiva Filho, Ana Paula Alves Araújo, Fabiana Augusta Moreira Lopes, Anderson Alves Dias, Lúcia Aparecida Ferreira","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1128","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Accidents at work are a critical reality in public institutions and, therefore, a highlight of attention and care.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To characterize the profile of work-related accidents among professionals at a public university, from 2015 to 2019.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quantitative, retrospective, and analytical study on work-related accidents recorded by a worker's health care sector at a public university in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. The unit of analysis was secondary data, that is, records in Excel^® 2010 spreadsheets stored in the worker's health surveillance and promotion sector from 2015 to 2019.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>367 work accidents occurred, with a predominance of females (71.9%), the most affected professionals were those between 20 and 27 years old (26.6%), nursing (35.8%) and medical (28.9%) teams, the most prevalent were puncture wounds in the hand region (42.4%), the operating room sector (18.1%), the reactive source person for anti-HIV serology (9.3%) and workers with surface antibodies low (38.7%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It is noteworthy that knowledge about the profile of work accidents can favor health promotion actions in the work environment, in addition to training and continuing education for workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595395/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Burnout syndrome among health care professionals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Letícia Menezes de Oliveira, Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos, Fernando Lannes Fernandes, Ana Lúcia Belarmino de Araújo, Gesualdo Gonçalves de Abrantes, Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1134","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Burnout syndrome, a mental illness caused by stressful work conditions, is prevalent among health professionals. In addition to existing risk factors, the COVID-19 pandemic introduced new ones, such as fear of infection and concern about the availability of personal protective equipment.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study's purpose was to verify the prevalence and correlates of burnout syndrome among health professionals in the context of the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This quantitative study was conducted between April and June 2021 using the Google Forms platform. A semi-structured questionnaire and the <i>Questionário para la Evaluación del Syndrome de Quemarse por el Trabajo</i> were applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 93 health professionals participated. Those who fought on the frontline against COVID-19 were younger and had less professional experience, longer work hours, daily contact with a greater number of patients, lower scores in the disillusionment dimension, and higher scores in the emotional exhaustion dimension. Significant correlations were found between age and disillusionment, emotional exhaustion, and indolence. Less professional experience was also correlated with psychological distress.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Age and length of experience were significantly associated with burnout, given that younger and less experienced professionals generally worked on the frontline against COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e20231134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452128/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diagnosis of the risk of occupational disease among outsourced workers.","authors":"Leonardo Faria Martins, Ana Carolina Mesquita do Nascimento, Sergio Valverde Marques Dos Santos, Luiz Almeida da Silva","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1092","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The outsourcing of work activities has caused new and precarious working conditions, impacting the health and safety of workers, resulting in an increase in disease and accidents given the vulnerability established in the contemporary labor market.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify the occurrence of risk of disease resulting from work, among outsourced workers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Quantitative, observational, analytical and cross-sectional study, with application of the Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento in 187 workers of a company that supplies and manages human resources for third parties, under contract with a Federal University, located in the state of Minas Gerais.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento obtained the following averages for the following factors: work organization, 2.9 (standard deviation = 0.6) (critical); working conditions, 2.4 (standard deviation = 0.7) (critical); physical cost, 3.9 (standard deviation = 0.6) (severe); physical damage, 2.1 (standard deviation = 1.3) (critical).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The participating workers showed a good perception associated with the Inventory of Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento factors, resulting in diagnoses with the presence of risks of disease and accidents resulting from work.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e20231092"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452115/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health conditions in land transport workers and climate change. Exploratory systematic review.","authors":"Wilder Alfonso Hernández-Duarte, Deisy Paola Guerrero-Calderon, William Jesús Duarte-Gómez, Angie Natalia Fonseca-Paipa, Monica Rodríguez-Muñoz, María Alejandra Tellez-Morales, Laura Camila Cubillos Garnica","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1268","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1268","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A systematic exploratory review was carried out to describe the influence of climate change on the health conditions of land transport drivers, both physical and mental. Additionally, actions for the prevention of these complications are described. For the review, several databases, such as Science Direct, MEDLINE, Springer, PubMed, Redalyc, EBSCO, SciELO, and Scopus, were examined. There was the need to extend the search timeframe from 5 years to 10 years. The studies found consisted mainly of review articles, showing an emphasis on public health and a high frequency of possible physical effects on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. At the mental level, the presence of cases of anxiety, depression and stress were mentioned. As for alternatives for the prevention of these effects, the importance of creating public policies for health promotion and disease prevention was highlighted. It is important to increase scientific production in the field of occupational safety and health and applied studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e20241268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452105/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physical fitness profile of military lifeguards.","authors":"Francine de Oliveira, Victor Gonçalves Corrêa Neto, Ricardo Castro Ferreira de Mello, Humberto Miranda","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1123","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Throughout a lifeguard's career, regardless of age, the physical demands of performing a water rescue are likely to remain constant.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To establish a physical fitness profile by age group of a sample composed of professional beach lifeguards who regularly engage in physical activity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>One hundred and seventy-two lifeguards were initially recruited for this study. Data from 99 male lifeguards were provided for analysis. Anthropometric measurements, lower limb strength, and handgrip measurements were taken at the initial visit. During a second visit, running tests were performed on sand. All testing procedures followed the same predefined sequence for all individuals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One-way analysis of variance with post hoc Bonferroni or Kruskal-Wallis adjusted analysis was performed to assess differences between age groups depending on the exact variable. The significance level was set at p ≤ 0.05. There were statistically significant differences in all power and velocity performance parameters as well as body fat percentage with better results found in the younger age groups (20-29;30-39) compared to an older age group (40-49). However, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups for handgrip strength.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of the present study indicate significant differences in physical fitness between different age groups. The authors suggest that the squat jump, countermovement jump, 20-meter linear sprint test, zigzag change-of-direction test, and running anaerobic sprint test assessment should be used as screening tools for fitness.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e20231123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452121/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of workplace violence on the mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Larissa Harada, Renata de Melo Branco, Thamires Ferreira Barbosa, Dinarte Ballester, Maria Tavares Cavalcanti, Andrea Tenorio Correia da Silva","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1152","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a new set ofwork-related stressors for health care workers.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the associations between exposure to violence and common mental disorders among health care workers in emergency care settings during COVID-19 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We randomly selected two emergency care units. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire was used to assess common mental disorders among emergency health care workers (n = 100). We examined the relationships between common mental disorders and COVID-19 pandemic-related variables, including availability of personal protective equipment, exposure to violence, discrimination, harassment, and confidence in the workplace to handle the pandemic. We used multivariate Poisson regression with robust variance to estimate prevalence ratios for common mental disorders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 50% (95%CI 39.8-60.1) of participants had a common mental disorder. In addition, 71% reported being victims of at least one type of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher risks ofcommon mental disorders were found among those who reported lacking personal protective equipment, being victims of discrimination, violence, or harassment, and reporting less confidence in the workplace to handle the pandemic. Participants exposed to two types of violence and three types of violence had higher prevalence ratios, with prevalence ratios of 2.28 (95%CI 1.23-4.21) and 3.14 (95%CI 1.62-6.08), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Promoting access to personal protective equipment, addressing mistreatment of health workers as well as promoting their well-being at work, and building confidence in the workplace to deal with the pandemic are critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e20231152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452104/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of oral health on the quality of life of public servants: an analysis of associated factors.","authors":"Vitória Freitas de Araújo, Ismael Lima Silva, Layla Beatriz Barroso de Alencar, Samara Crislâny Araújo de Sousa, Ozanna Soares Medeiros de Araújo, Cristiano Moura","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-925","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-925","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Oral health encompasses functional and aesthetic aspects that directly impact an individual's daily activities.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To analyze the impact of oral health conditions and related factors on the quality of life of public servants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 89 public servants, both permanent and outsourced, from a federal public university in northeastern Brazil. Outcome was the impact of oral health on daily activities, determined by the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance indicator, and independent variables were sociodemographic characteristics, normative oral health conditions, access to and use of dental services, self-reported oral morbidity, self-perception of oral health, and absenteeism because of dental reasons. All data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics, using the chi-squared test for heterogeneity and linear trend. The significance level used was set at 5%, with a 95% CI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants experienced at least one day of work impaired by dental problems in the six months prior to the survey. Prevalence of dental absenteeism was 7.9%. Variables associated with the impact of oral health on daily activities included gender, toothache, toothache intensity, self-reported oral health, awake bruxism, self-reported need for dentures, number of natural teeth in the upper and lower arches, and signs of temporomandibular dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Sociodemographic, clinical, and subjective oral health variables influence the impact of oral health on the daily activities of public servants.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e2024925"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452108/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Musculoskeletal disorders, associated factors, and literature review for intervention according to gender.","authors":"Wilder Alfonso Hernández-Duarte","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1117","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The relationship of risk factors with musculoskeletal disorders and their intervention is a topic of interest, given their prevalence among workers. Thus, analyzing risk factors from approaches such as the gender perspective may be an alternative.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To analyze risk factors in a health entity with a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in upper limbs and to describe possible intervention measures according to scientific evidence, from a gender perspective.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is an analytical study. A questionnaire was applied to 93 workers on demographic aspects, presence of factors related to the environment, the task, and the organization, extra-work activities related to musculoskeletal disorders in the upper limbs. Chi-square was used to identify significant relationships between the sex variable and individual, occupational, and non-occupational factors, corroborated by Fisher's test and prevalence ratio. According to the associations identified, a literature review was carried out to establish possible strategies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant relationships were found between the sex variable and task-related factors such as the presence of repetitive or sudden movements (p < 0.05), supporting postulates of labor segregation. According to the literature consulted, the effectiveness of activities such as physical preparation and adaptation of the workplace under professional guidance, training activities, and breaks is discussed. It is important to review organizational factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>By identifying significant relationships between the sex variable and task-related factors, the present study contributes to the postulate of labor segregation, in terms of concentration of female labor in activities with particular working conditions. Regarding literature and actions, it is important to generate more studies from this perspective.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e20231117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452125/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Noise-induced hearing loss: a 10-year analysis of notifications according to the Brazilian Classification of Occupations.","authors":"Maria Isabel Pereira de Rezende, Bruna Rafaela Cruz Barbosa, Arthur Henrique Gonçalves, Narciso Ferreira Dos Santos Neto, Luiz Henrique Rodrigues Souza, Lucineia Pinho","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1163","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Noise-induced hearing loss has a high incidence among Brazilian workers, causing socioeconomic and cognitive impairments.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To describe noise-induced hearing loss according to professional occupation between 2012 and 2021.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study of Brazilian workers affected by noise-induced hearing loss. Data were collected from noise-induced hearing loss notifications filed with the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação in Brazil. The absolute and relative frequencies of sociodemographic variables and occupational characteristics were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 7,413 cases of noise-induced hearing loss were notified in Brazil. Workers in industrial production were the most affected (56.4%). There was a higher prevalence in White (45.4%), male (87.3%) participants aged between 50 and 59 years (42.5%) from the Southeast region (43%). In this study, 3.5% of participants were temporarily removed from their position, 42.6% reported using personal protective equipment, and 65.7% did not use collective protective equipment. The most prevalent type of noise was continuous noise (33%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Noise-induced hearing loss is prevalent among Brazilian workers and varies according to each occupational group. Cases of noise-induced hearing loss are underreported in Brazil.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e20231163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452116/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of mental disorders on the contemporary world of work and the challenges of working as a health promoter.","authors":"Sergio Roberto de Lucca","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2024-222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 2","pages":"e2024222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11452112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}