Saúde do(a) trabalhador(a) e terapia ocupacional: relato de experiência na atenção primária à saúde

Abstract

Nowadays, answers are being sought for the increase in the demands of workers who are going through a process of illness in their work activities. Among the various possible factors for this involvement, the Burnout syndrome deserves to be highlighted due to the high number of cases found, including being observed in the ESF São Francisco. The objective of this study was to report the practice of occupational therapy in the health of the worker in a family health strategy (ESF), in the city of Santa Maria/RS. This is an experience report, developed from March 2020 to March 2021, complemented with a literature review. It was observed that the illness of the worker occurs through intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to the work activity carried out by them, and these can manifest themselves through health problems such as Burnout syndrome. In this way, it is possible to observe the importance of the performance, in practice, of an occupational therapist in the care of the health of the worker in the search to carry out actions for the promotion of health, in the prevention of diseases and in the rehabilitation of physical and mental health.