Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders: study with clothes washerwomen

• Autor(a) principal: Diniz, Elenir Alcântara
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Rafaella do Carmo, Sousa, Milena Nunes Alves de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/23783
• topic: Occupational Health; Occupational Risks; Cumulative Trauma Disorders; Saúde do Trabalhador; Riscos Ocupacionais; Transtornos Traumáticos Cumulativos

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders related to work washerwomen in the city of Caico-RN. Field of study, exploratory and descriptive with quantitative approach was conducted with a sample of 45 washerwomen, determined by non-probabilistic convenience sample. Data were collected from questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS. We used descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage, as well, the mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum values. Additionally, inferential tests were used. There was the uniqueness of working women and found that the higher frequency of involvement by musculoskeletal disorders in the areas of hand / wrist and elbows (22.2% and 46.7%). As for musculoskeletal problems related to work, the more associated was the wrists or hands (95.6%), followed by elbows (62.2%) and neck / cervical region (53.3%). There were musculoskeletal complaints in the whole sample, there is correlation between the regions involved and its use for the realization of the developed industrial activities of washerwomen.