Team Workload and Performance of Healthcare Workers with Musculoskeletal Symptoms

In healthcare professionals, musculoskeletal complaints are the most frequent health disorders with the greatest potential for productivity losses. The teamwork developed by these professionals can be a coping strategy, but it can also be one more demand for the maintenance of performance. For this...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-12, Vol.20 (1), p.742
Main Authors: de Araújo Vieira, Elamara Marama, da Silva, Jonhatan Magno Norte, Leite, Wilza Karla Dos Santos, Lucas, Ruan Eduardo Carneiro, da Silva, Luiz Bueno
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Emergency medical care
Ergonomics - methods
Health care
Health Personnel
Health services
Hospitals
Humans
Hypotheses
Medical personnel
Musculoskeletal diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases - diagnosis
Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology
Musculoskeletal Pain
Occupational Diseases - diagnosis
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Productivity
Professional ethics
Public health
Questionnaires
Sample size
Signs and symptoms
Teamwork
Workers
Workload
Workloads
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Summary:In healthcare professionals, musculoskeletal complaints are the most frequent health disorders with the greatest potential for productivity losses. The teamwork developed by these professionals can be a coping strategy, but it can also be one more demand for the maintenance of performance. For this reason, this research aimed to investigate the relationship between team workload and performance in healthcare workers with different intensities of musculoskeletal symptoms. A survey was conducted with health professionals from 24 institutions of the Brazilian public health system, recruited by stratified probability sampling. Through non-hierarchical cluster analysis, the sample was allocated into three groups based on the intensity of musculoskeletal symptoms. We analyzed the approximation between the variables of "team workload" and "performance" of the groups formed in the previous phase through multiple correspondence analysis. In the group with higher musculoskeletal symptom scores, there was lower performance and a worse team workload. As the intensity of symptoms decreased, team workload and performance became closer variables in a two-dimensional space, indicating that the relationship between team workload and performance is improved in situations of low musculoskeletal symptom intensity.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20010742