Abstract
Objective:identify the associations between the sociodemographic, and work variables, health conditions and lifestyles, and the risks of illness of nursing workers in a psychiatric hospital.Method:analytical cross-sectional study. The sample of 74 workers answered a questionnaire for sociodemographic, work, health conditions and lifestyles survey characterization. The Work Context Assessment Scale and the Human Cost at Work Scale were used to evaluate the perception of the risks of illness in the interviewee’s opinion. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was performed, with significance of 5%. Results:the factors associated with the risk of illness were: insomnia complaints, night work and workday. Conclusion:the associations between the work variables, health conditions and life habits can harm the health of the nursing staff of a psychiatric hospital.
Highlights
The Psychiatric Reform was a milestone in mental health care in Brazil
Considering the above, the objective of this research was to identify the associations between the sociodemographic, work, health conditions and lifestyle variables and the risks of illness of nursing workers in a psychiatric hospital
Given the findings presented here – greater chances of risk of illness related to physical cost among those workers who work at night and reported complaints of insomnia, it is pointed out the possibility of the amount of hours of sleep act as a mediator between the work shift and the risk of illness, corroborating a previous study[24]
Summary
The Psychiatric Reform was a milestone in mental health care in Brazil. Since many advances can be observed in the care and management of these services, considering the processes of deinstitutionalization and dehospitalization of users, with reorientation of the psychiatric care model[1]. Areas of care gaps and the need of “replacement of the mental hospitals still operating in Brazil”(2), in line with the principle of universal coverage of mental health in the country, with emphasis on regions with low economic development. In this context, mental health services produce situations that affect health conditions, in particular, of nursing professionals. These situations increase the risks of illness associated with the feeling of physical fatigue at the end of the work day, caused by the fear of suffering some kind of aggression by users[3], exposure to physical and psychic loads, inadequate working conditions, limitation of autonomy, stress complaints, body aches, anxiety and fatigue, leading to suffering at work[4].
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