Abstract
ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate excessive daytime sleepiness and to analyze the association between sleepiness and physical, social and psychological damages in nursing clinic surgical workers. Method: a cross-sectional study carried out with nursing workers from a surgical clinic unit of a teaching hospital in the South of Brazil. The data collection was carried out in 2016, it was used self-administered tools on socio-labor characterization, the Work-Related Damage Scale and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, with descriptive and bivariate analysis, with a significance level of 5%. Results: 41 workers participated in the study; workers with excessive daytime sleepiness (9 workers) and severe sleepiness (three workers) were identified. The majority presented physical illness and there was an association between social (p<0.001) and psychological (p=0.001) damages in drowsy workers. Conclusion: workers with excessive daytime sleepiness were identified and it was evidenced an association between lack of sleep and impairment of the worker's health in a psychosocial context.
Highlights
The work activity carried out in the hospital environment exposes the workers, especially the nursing ones, to some health damage, which can be physical, psychological and social
As for the average age, it was verified that they were young adults who were in their full productive capacity, similar data to the research performed with nursing workers from hospital units of pediatric and neonatal intensive care in different shifts.[4]
A study identified that the accident with biological material in nursing workers provoked diverse feelings and reactions, such as insomnia, emotional unrest and problems in the family relationship
Summary
The work activity carried out in the hospital environment exposes the workers, especially the nursing ones, to some health damage, which can be physical, psychological and social. The nursing work organization takes place in shifts, which suggests repercussions on the worker’s health.[2,3] The night shift work causes sleep deprivation, which is one of the most common complaints reported by professionals working on call shifts.[4]. Lack of sleep suggests physical or cognitive impairment of the work practice,[5] implying alterations in memory, judgment capacity and performance of activities, associating with health problems such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, among other damages.[6]
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