Abstract
A dor lombar não específica é uma condição apresenta impactos negativos no âmbito econômica e social, pois está diretamente relacionada aos fatores laborais. O objetivo deste estudo foi de analisar as experiências dos trabalhadores com dor lombar não específica. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa; com sete trabalhadores com dor lombar não específica, de ambos os sexos, com idade superior a 18 anos. Para coleta de dados, foi utilizado um questionário semiestruturado. As entrevistas foram gravadas em áudio e posteriormente transcritas e analisadas pela técnica de análise de conteúdo. Após a análise dos dados, foram encontradas duas categorias de análise: Desconforto nas atividades da vida diária é desconforto no trabalho é relação da dor lombar não específica com a capacidade funcional e qualidade de vida no trabalho. A dor lombar reflete em muitos contextos da vida dos funcionários, não apenas suas funções no trabalho, mas também outras situações da vida cotidiana.
Highlights
The nonspecific low back pain is a common condition in a large part of the population and is considered a public health problem, affecting up to 65% of people every year and up to 84% of adults at some time in their lives
The diagnosis of nonspecific low back pain is not usually determined because its causal character involves a multifactorial dimension[4], as lumbar fascia may be involved in the onset of pain, and its implication is related to anatomopathological changes, as well as echogenic and mechanical changes in individuals affected by low back pain[5]
Interviews were audio recorded, and afterwards heard several times in order to know the material and soon after they were transcribed.The interview had the aim to know the impacts of nonspecific low back pain in the lives of the employees.The faceto-face interview is based on a situation of human interaction, in which the perceptions of the other and of oneself, the expectations, feelings, prejudices and interpretations for the protagonists - interviewer and interviewee - are at stake.The interviewer has information and looks for further knowledge, whereas the interviewee processes a set of knowledge and preconceptions about the interviewer[10]
Summary
The nonspecific low back pain is a common condition in a large part of the population and is considered a public health problem, affecting up to 65% of people every year and up to 84% of adults at some time in their lives. This condition has negative impacts in the economic and social spheres, since it directly relates to labor factors[1]. The nonspecific low back pain has a multifactorial etiology, with interactions between mechanical, psychosocial and biological factors[2]; that labor activities that require strenuous physical effort and repetitive movements are among the causes of this affliction[3]. Working while feeling sick is defined as “presenteeism” which may have affects work performance and productivity[6]
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