Abstract
to analyze the relationship between exposure to workloads and presenteeism among nursing workers in the socio-environmental context of university hospitals. this is a quantitative, cross-sectional and analytical study with 355 nursing workers from two university hospitals in southern Brazil. Data were collected from November 2019 to February 2020. The Workload Scale in Nursing Activities and the Work Limitations Questionnaire were used. Descriptive statistics, variance analysis and Pearson's correlation test were used. there was a significant correlation between chemical loads and time management; biological loads and time management, physical demand and productivity loss; physiological loads and mental and interpersonal demand, production demand and loss of productivity; psychological loads and production demand. there is a relationship between workloads and nursing presenteeism, verified by limitations and loss of productivity.
Highlights
In the health area, working conditions in which assistance is developed, characteristics related to the environment and nursing work activities expose workers to different workloads[1]
We considered the population of 752 nursing workers, 366 H1 and 376 H2 workers, 174 nurses, 448 nursing technicians and 120 nursing assistants
This study allowed identifying the relationship between workloads and presenteeism through two validated instruments
Summary
In the health area, working conditions in which assistance is developed, characteristics related to the environment and nursing work activities expose workers to different workloads[1]. Nursing presenteeism has been discussed internationally, because it compromises workers’ health and the activities developed in patient care[10] This may be linked to the presence of nursing workloads, resulting from the conditions in which the activities are performed; this study sought to relate exposure to workloads with the limitations that generate presenteeism. In nursing, there is a commitment to quality of care, causing workers to perform the work, despite feeling changes in their health This analysis will allow improvements in working conditions in university hospitals and, the reduction of exposure to workloads, minimizing the negative impacts on workers’health, illness and presenteeism
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