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- Title
PREVALêNCIA DE DOR LOMBAR E FATORES DE RISCO EM TRABALHADORES DE UMA LAVANDERIA HOSPITALAR: UM ESTUDO TRANSVERSAL.
- Authors
Dores António Manhique, Vânia das; Rosa Mendes, Jussara Maria; Barros Oliveira, Paulo Antonio; Martin Chaves, Eunice Beatriz; Dantas Filho, Fábio Fernandes
- Abstract
Introduction: Low back pain represents a public health problem in the working-age population worldwide, including hospital laundry workers. This article evaluates the prevalence of low back pain in laundry workers at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and its association with sociodemographic, clinical, and occupational data and physical exercises. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 99 laundry workers at the Hospital. We applied a research instrument consisting of a questionnaire with sociodemographic, clinical, and occupational questions. We used Pearson’s chi-square test and Poisson regression with robust variance for data analysis. Results: The prevalence of low back pain was 68.69% (95% confidence interval, 59.4%- 78.0%). Among the participants, 12.1% reported previous sick leave due to low back pain. In the multivariate analysis, being a sewing worker was associated with a higher risk of developing low back pain, whereas keeping two jobs and length of service were not significantly associated with low back pain. Conclusions: Low back pain was a prevalent complaint among hospital laundry workers, especially in the sewing sector. Keeping two jobs and longer length of service were not associated with low back pain prevalence in the study population. We suggest that strategies to prevent and control low back pain should be adopted and that further studies on the topic should be conducted to better understand the associated factors and to establish effective preventive measures.
- Subjects
PORTO Alegre (Brazil); LUMBAR pain; SICK leave; HOSPITAL laundries; EMPLOYMENT tenure; POISSON regression
- Publication
Clinical & Biomedical Research, 2021, Vol 41, Issue 3, p224
- ISSN
2357-9730
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22491/2357-9730.107728