Mujeres trabajadoras con dolor crónico osteomuscular: análisis de caso

• Autor(a) principal: Cecilia Andrea Ordóñez-Hernández
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Mónica Isabel Contreras-Estrada, Ruben Soltero-Avelar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/5773
• topic: Dolor Musculoesquelético; Dolor Crónico; Trabajo de Mujeres; Salud de la Mujer

Abstract This study aimed to analyze the experience of working women suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain, using a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach. The technique drew on in-depth interviews with five working women that presented to the orthopedics and neurosurgery departments of a hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a complaint of musculoskeletal pain for more than six months. The study showed that the women felt rejection, segregation, discrimination, lack of support at the workplace, and feelings of frustration and powerlessness related to their health condition. The women also perceived as a barrier the lack of efficiency in disability proceedings and job reintegration or relocation. Financial and family responsibilities were their main reason for continuing to work despite their chronic musculoskeletal pain.