Sickness and suffering of workers due to RSI/WRMSD

• Autor(a) principal: Alencar, Maria do Carmo Baracho de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Nobre, Thalita Lacerda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Psicologia (Fortaleza. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/psicologiaufc/article/view/5861
• topic: repetitive strain injury; retirement; occupational health; injured workers; psychology; transtornos traumáticos cumulativos; saúde do trabalhador; trabalhadores lesionados; psicologia; Adoecimento por LER/DORT

The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between the organization of work and the increase of cases by RSI / WRMSDs, in addition to the effects on health in the clearance status of work by the disease. Methods: Collection of sociodemographic and labor subjects’ records data on Worker-Health Reference Center -CEREST, city of Santos/SP, and selected subjects with clinical diagnoses established for RSI/WRMSDs and who had experienced the absence of work because of the disease. The subjects were invited to participate in individual and semi structured interviews, based on pre-prepared scripts. The interviews were recorded and transcribed for thematic content analysis. The results brought the understand that there was involvement of the work organization in the worsening of the cases, and the consequences interfere in workers' health and their daily lives, resulting in psychological suffering. It highlights the need for greater integration of multidisciplinary teams in interdisciplinary actions, and psychologists with this theme.