Distúrbios psíquicos menores em trabalhadores do serviço hospitalar de limpeza

Abstract

Hospital Cleaning Services Workers make up the organization chart of the hospitals as a support service members, without requiring specific technical and scientific training to operate in that environment. They are exposed to the same charges and occupational risks than health workers. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and factors associated with Psychic Minor Disorders (DPM) in Hospital Cleaning Service Workers (SHL) in a university hospital. It is an epidemiological study, which was derived from the matrix project "Assessment of working conditions and health of hospital cleaning service workers" approved by the Ethics Research Committee of UFSM, under CAAE n. 13106313.1.0000.5346 on 26th February 2013. The research setup was a public university hospital in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul State. The population consisted of 157 workers who participated in the matrix project. For data collection there was used a form containing variables related to socio-demographic data, employment, and health habits (independent variables); and Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) to evaluate DPM (dependent variable). The data were entered into Epi Info 6.04, double independent typing. After checking and correcting errors and inconsistencies in typing was held data analysis in SPSS 18.0 for Windows program Statistics® using descriptive and inferential statistics. The overall prevalence for psychological distress was 29.3%. The group of symptoms was more prevalent depressive anxious Humor, ranging from 21% (N = 33) to 55.4% (N = 87) and the question that received positive responses was "feeling nervous, tense or worried "(55.4%; N = 87). After adjustment for confounding variables, the factors associated with DPM: make use of medication (aPR = 1.11, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.22), high job stress (aPR = 1.22, 95% CI 1 , 08-1.38), do not have time for leisure (aPR = 1.22, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.43) and sometimes have time for leisure (aPR = 1.18; 95% CI = 1.06 to 1.31). The disclosed results point to the importance of including the SHL workers in lifelong learning projects planned by the institution, given the essence of care programs to workers' health, which is the injuries prevention arising from work activities.