Occupational disease and absenteeism in the workers in one Hospital in Lima -Perú: Enfermedad profesional y ausentismo laboral en los trabajadores de un hospital de Lima- Perú

• Autor: Suárez Egoávil, Catherine Amparo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/3657
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/3657
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Occupational illness; Absenteeism from work; Enfermedad profesional; Ausentismo laboral

Introduction: Absenteeism from work in public or private institutions is classified as one of the main labor problems. Objective: To determine the association between occupational disease and work absenteeism at the Hospital Policial Augusto Belisario Leguía, in the years 2017-2018. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional, and qualitative-quantitative retrospective study in a convenience sample of 79 medical breaks with a diagnosis of occupational diseases of police health personnel. Collecting data was used. Results: The highest work absenteeism occurred in female patients, married, over 50 years of age, technical nursing profession and with a work seniority of more than 20 years. A global absenteeism rate of 7.56% (2017) and 6.39% (2018) was obtained, a severity index of 25.12 days (2017) and 26.43 days (2018). Conclusions: Occupational diseases caused by physical agents develop greater absenteeism due to musculoskeletal injuries more frequently.