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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Print version ISSN 1814-5469On-line version ISSN 2308-0531
Abstract
ZAMORA-CHAVEZ, Sara C.; VASQUEZ-ALVA, Rolando; LUNA-MUNOZ, Consuelo and CARVAJAL-VILLAMIZAR, Lina Luz. Factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders in cleaning workers of the emergency service of a tertiary hospital. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.3, pp.388-396. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v20i3.3055.
Introduction:
Musculoskeletal disorders are health problems that can lead to disability.
Objective:
To determine the factors associated with the presence of musculoskeletal disorders in cleaning workers in the emergency service of the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital, 2019.
Methods:
Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional retrospective with a quantitative approach. The survey technique was used and the instrument was the Standard Nordic Questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied.
Results:
129 participants, female (82.95%); median age 43 years, height 1.55m, overweight or obese (57.37%), secondary or higher education (93.80%), originating in the interior of the country (37.21%) and from Lima; 32 years lived in Lima, the median working time was 18 months, 43.41% worked in the morning and 9.30% worked in more than one place (9.30%). They presented musculoskeletal pain 93.02%, pain in more than one area 75.97%, low back pain 65.12%, back pain 47.29%, neck pain (37.21%) and elbow / forearm pain 13, 18%. Only in the bivariate analysis, the working time was significant for the presence of pain (p value=0.009).
Conclusion:
After performing the adjusted analysis, no factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders were found.
Keywords : Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal Pain; Low Back Pain; Surveillance of the Workers Health (Source: MeSH NLM).