Abstract
The occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders, their risk factors and its consequences have been of concern of scholars in the area of occupational health. This integrative review aimed to examine studies related to musculoskeletal symptoms in nursing personnel. It was decided to search for articles in national and international journals, published in Portuguese and Spanish, from 1996 to 2007, available in databases belonging to the Biblioteca Virtual em Saude (BVS) - Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciencias da Saude (LILACS), Base de Dados da Enfermagem (BDENF), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO). A total of 15 articles selected and analyzed according to the authors, publication year, country, population, type of survey, instrument used for data collection, time of prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and the findings. It was found that the literature on the topic is scarce in Latin American countries. The studies evaluated different professional categories of the nursing staff and the instruments used were varied, some of them were validated and others not. There was variability in the time of prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms, as well as in the rates found. The diversity in methodological procedures makes difficult comparison between studies.
Highlights
The occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders, their risk factors and its consequences have been of concern of scholars in the area of occupational health
This integrative review aimed to examine studies related to musculoskeletal symptoms in nursing personnel
It was decided to search for articles in national and international journals, published in Portuguese and Spanish, from 1996 to 2007, available in databases belonging to the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) - Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Base de Dados da Enfermagem (BDENF), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO)
Summary
SINTOMAS OSTEOMUSCULARES EM TRABALHADORES DA ENFERMAGEM: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA. Ana Cláudia de Souza* Marina Zambon Orpinelli Coluci** Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre***. A enfermagem é a que concentra maior força de trabalho e a que mais está exposta a riscos advindos de sua profissão[13], merecendo destaque em diversos estudos na área de Saúde Ocupacional[14,15]. Devido à elevada ocorrência de sintomas osteomusculares em trabalhadores da enfermagem, ressalta-se a importância de um estudo avaliando as pesquisas já realizadas sobre esse tema no âmbito da América Latina. Dessa forma, a presente pesquisa teve por objetivo realizar uma revisão integrativa sobre os estudos relacionados a sintomas osteomusculares em trabalhadores da enfermagem. A análise foi realizada considerando informações específicas de cada artigo relacionada à autoria, ano de publicação, país, população, tipo de pesquisa, instrumento utilizado para coleta de dados, tempo de prevalência dos sintomas osteomusculares e os resultados encontrados
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