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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
versión impresa ISSN 1814-5469versión On-line ISSN 2308-0531
Resumen
SUAREZ EGOAVIL, Catherine Amparo. Occupational disease and absenteeism in the workers in one hospital in Lima - Perú. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.2, pp.364-371. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v21i2.3657.
Introduction:
Absenteeism from work in public or private institutions is classified as one of the main labor problems.
Objective:
To determine the association between occupational disease and work absenteeism at the Hospital Policial Augusto Belisario Leguía, in the years 2017-2018.
Methodology:
A descriptive, cross-sectional, and qualitative-quantitative retrospective study in a convenience sample of 79 medical breaks with a diagnosis of occupational diseases of police health personnel. Collecting data was used.
Results:
The highest work absenteeism occurred in female patients, married, over 50 years of age, technical nursing profession and with a work seniority of more than 20 years. A global absenteeism rate of 7.56% (2017) and 6.39% (2018) was obtained, a severity index of 25.12 days (2017) and 26.43 days (2018).
Conclusions:
Occupational diseases caused by physical agents develop greater absenteeism due to musculoskeletal injuries more frequently.
Palabras clave : Occupational illness; Absenteeism from work (Source: Mesh - NLM)..