Prevalence and factors associated with minor psychiatric disorders in hospital housekeeping workers*

Cintia Da Silva Marconato,Rafaela Andolhe,Ana Carolina De Souza Magnago,Juliana Petri Tavares,Graziele De Lima Dalmolin,Tânia Solange Bosi De Souza Magnago

doi:10.1590/s1980-220x2016026303239

Abstract

Investigating the prevalence and factors associated with minor psychiatric disorders (MPDs) in Hospital housekeeping workers. A cross-sectional study carried out in 2013 with workers from the cleaning service of a public university hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected through a form containing sociodemographic, occupational, habits and health variables. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 was used in order to evaluate MPDs. The study population consisted of 161 workers. The overall prevalence of suspected MPD was 29.3%. The chances of suspected MPDs were higher in workers with Effort-Reward Imbalance, those who did not have time or who occasionally had time for leisure activities, and those taking medications. The prevalence of MPDs was similar to that found in the literature for health workers. Therefore, we consider it important to include these workers in institutional programs for continuing health education. Investigar a prevalência e os fatores associados aos Distúrbios Psíquicos Menores (DPMs) em trabalhadores do Serviço Hospitalar de Limpeza. Estudo transversal, realizado em 2013, com trabalhadores do serviço de limpeza de um hospital universitário público do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um formulário contendo variáveis sociodemográficas, laborais, hábitos e saúde. Para avaliação dos DPMs utilizou-se do Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20. A população do estudo foi composta pelos 161 trabalhadores. A prevalência global para suspeição de DPM foi de 29,3%. As chances de suspeição de DPMs foram maiores nos trabalhadores em Desequilíbrio Esforço-Recompensa, nos que não tinham ou às vezes tinham tempo para o lazer e naqueles que faziam uso de medicação. A prevalência de DPMs assemelhou-se à encontrada na literatura em trabalhadores da área saúde. Portanto, considera-se importante a inclusão desses trabalhadores em programas institucionais de educação permanente em saúde.

Highlights

Hospital Housekeeping (HH) workers carry out their activities with the purpose of guaranteeing a clean and pleasant environment to users and health workers with lower risks of contamination[1]
Hospital housekeeping service workers predominated (n=103, 65.6%), who performed their duties during the day (n=127, 81%), who had already worked in another sector of the institution (n=99, 63%), who did not work overtime (n=106, 67.5%), they considered the number of workers on the work shift sufficient (n=116, 73.9%), they received in-service training (n=113; 72%) and did not have another job (n=139, 88.5%)
We observed a predominance of workers who reported having no disease with a medical diagnosis (n=47, 29.9%), who did not need to go on a leave in the last year (n=89, 56.7%) and had good/excellent work ability (WAI) (n=125, 79.6%)

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Introduction

Hospital Housekeeping (HH) workers carry out their activities with the purpose of guaranteeing a clean and pleasant environment to users and health workers with lower risks of contamination[1]. No technical training is required when hiring these professionals They receive training on the activities they will perform and are presented with the rules and routines of the institution[1]. After this training they are inserted into the work routine where they begin to experience the peculiar subjectivity of the hospital environment, from which we can highlight living with the pain, suffering and death of some patients.This is a very different reality for health workers who have an academic background and have specific disciplines to help them understand and cope with such situations

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