Factors associated with presenteeism in nursing workers

• Author(s): Santos,Bruno da Silva ; Rocha,Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi ; Bortolini,Juliano ; Terra,Fábio de Souza ; Valim,Marília Duarte
• Date: 2022
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Subject(s): Presenteeism; Nursing; Worker’s Health; Efficiency; Cumulative Trauma Disorders
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze factors associated with presenteeism in nursing workers with sociodemographic variables, health and work conditions, productivity and musculoskeletal symptoms. Methods: this is a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study, with 306 nursing workers from a hospital and municipal emergency room in a Brazilian capital. The Stanford Presenteeism Scale, the Work Limitations Questionnaire, the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and a demographic questionnaire on nursing professionals’ working conditions and health were used. Bivariate and multivariate analyzes were performed, respecting a significance level of 5%. Results: presenteeism was found in 43.8% of professionals and significant associations with CLT work (p=0.002), workplace - Intensive Care Units (p=0.008), physical exercise twice a week (p=0.008), presence of musculoskeletal symptoms, with low back pain being representative (p=0.001). The productivity loss was 8.8. Conclusions: the study confirms a high rate of presenteeism among nursing workers.