Factores de riesgo ergonómicos presentes en el,personal de enfermería del hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, período septiembre 2017 - enero 2018

Abstract

The research work refers to ergonomic problems because it is a social problem that affects health personnel today. Objective To identify the ergonomic risk factors in nurses that work in the Hospital "José Carrasco Arteaga". Material and methods: This study is relational, retrospective, cross-sectional. The universe was 408 Nurses, the sample was calculated with a confidence index of 95% and a margin of error of 5% constituting 198 nurses. For the statistical analysis, the SPSS 22 program was used, applying deductive statistics for sociodemographic variables; for dichotomous variables x²= P <0.05 was applied. Results: The female sex predominated with 97.5%, the mean age was 32 years, the average of the years of service was 10 years, 98.5% performed moderate activity, with back pain (24.2%). %) and hip (15.7%) the main symptomatology, in addition 24.2% of the population has scoliosis. Symptoms of musculoskeletal problems are associated with both age and years of service (p = 0.00). There is a high risk in nurses who perform moderate activity and are older than 40 years to acquire some ergonomic symptomatology (Mantel-Haenszel = 33.9, p-value = 0.000). There is a high risk of nurses performing moderate activity and they are over 40 years of age to acquire some column ratios (Mantel-Haenszel = 30.62, p-value = 0.000˟).