0017 Life quality in workers with related musculoskeletal disorders

• Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2014-06, Vol.71 (Suppl 1), p.A60-A60
• Main Authors: Soares, Andressa, Caetano, Fernanda, Braga, Joyce, Fernandes, Antonio, Filoni, Eduardo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Certification; Musculoskeletal diseases; Occupational health; Pain; Quality of life
• ISSN: 1351-0711; 1470-7926
• DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102362.185

Objectives Analyse the quality of life of workers of administrative department who carry out repetitive functions in a medical certification central. Method This study was carried out in a transversal analytical approaching. The sample was constituted by 62 workers of the administrative sector of a medical certification central in the state of São Paulo. As an instrument of gathering the data the used questionnaires were: Anamnesis Questionnaire with personal and professional data, Nordic Questionnaire, Job stress scale, SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire. The characterisation of the sample was obtained through descriptive statistics, where test t and correlation of Pearson test were applied. Results a According to the results of the analysis of the Nordic questionnaire, 33, 87% mentioned feeling pain in the wrists and hands. In the correlation made among the data of SF-36 and Nordic questionnaire, it was showed that they presented complaints about the Nordic, minor was the score in the variables of SF-36: limitation by physical aspects, pain, vitality, emotional aspects and mental health. Conclusions It is concluded that the most affected segments were wrists and hands, with 33, 87%, followed by anklebone and feet with 16, 13%.