Incontinencia urinaria : problema ocupacional entre profissionais de enfermagem

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

The urinary incontinence (UI) causes physical, economic and psychosocial effects to the women. The aim of this present study was to assess the UI prevalence, its association to some factors, its interference at the performance of the occupational daily activities and its management among nurse female staff of a school hospital at Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. It was a cross-sectional cohort study. The population studied was composed by ali the nursing staff that working during the month of February of 2003. The data collecting was performed into two phases. At the first phase, it was delivered a questionnaire that had identified the employers who complaint of UI at least once a month during the past year, a part from the issues about some variables of interesting. At the second phase, it was performed an interview to the employers who had presented complaints of U I, its interference at the occupational activities, the management strategies of the UI and other aspects. In order to verify the association, the groups with or without UI were compared using the following tests t Student, Qui-square, Fisher Exact or Mann Whitney. The univariate and multivariate analysis of logistic regression by the selection process of -"stepwise" variables had selected the most significant variables. Of the 378 questionnaires delivered, 291 (77%) were completely answered. The UI complaint was reported by 80 employers (27.5%). The multivariate analysis had shown that the women that having gained and lost weight has had 26 times more chance to complaints of UI; this possibility was 4,2 time more among women that having lost weigth; 3,8 time more among women that having arterial hypertension; 3,1 times more among those that having intestinal constipation and 3,0 time more after 41 years of age was. The UI was reported as being responsible by restrictions at the occupational, sexual and social activities. The activities which require more effort, like to lifI: heavy things and to push stretchers and wheelchairs became the UI more frequento The UI during the working was responsible by stress, shame, restraint, angry, lack of concentration at work among other complaints. The most used strategies were: wearing pads, diapers and decreasing oral fluid intake. The inadequate management caused damages to health, such as: irritation, skin rash, skin allergy and urinary tract infection. It was identified facilities for the management, as uses the toilette as much as necessary changes the dothes and the diapers or pads. The most important difficulties were: a distance of more than 12 meters of the toilette trom the workplace, not enough amounts of toilettes available at the workplace unit, and impossibility of not interrupting the activity that they were performing to go the toilette. It was concluded that the trequency increased of the UI due to developrnent effort activities at work, difficulties for the adequate managernent of the UI and professional performance interference characterized the impact of urinary incontinence in these working women. Preventable educational rneasures and treatment are necessary in order to irnprove the professional developrnent and quality of Ufe of these wornen.

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diagnostico de enfermagem nursing diagnosis saude e trabalho health and occupation

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