Fatores sociodemográficos e organizacionais para o surgimento de sintomas musculoesqueléticos em intensivistas

Introducao: O trabalho intenso e complexo das unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI) envolve alta carga e longas jornadas de trabalho, contato direto com situacoes limite, elevado nivel de tensao e exposicao a riscos de diversas naturezas. Objetivo: Avaliar a interferencia dos fatores sociodemograficos e organizacionais no surgimento de dor, tensao e fadiga musculoesqueletica em profissionais nas UTIs. Metodos: Entrevistaram-se 128 profissionais de sete hospitais da rede publica da cidade de Joao Pessoa, Paraiba.Os dados foram analisados usando o modelo de regressao logistica, e as diferencas entre as categorias profissionais, pelo teste de Wald, razao de verossimilhanca e teste de χ2, considerando como nivel de significância <0,05. Results: The risk to develop musculoskeletal symptoms differed as a function of the participants' professional category.The odds of nursing technicians to simultaneously develop musculoskeletal pain, fatigue and tension were 4.968 times higher (p=0.023) compared to physicians, nurses and physical therapists.This difference was mediated by factors such as sex, body mass index and number of ICU jobs.Nursing technicians were the most exposed group, and thus they require more attention as concerns workplace health interventions. Conclusions: The participants had long working hours, and differed in regard to the most frequent musculoskeletal complaints as a function of the specificities inherent to the activities of each professional category.