Trastornos musculoesqueléticos en trabajadores de salud de una clínica privada de Lima: Musculoskeletal disorders among health workers of a private clinic of Lima city

• Autores: Ballena-Ramos, Aimee, Ramos-Huanca, Priscila, Suárez-Oré, César Abraham
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades
• Repositorio: Health care & global health
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.openhgh.org:article/125
• Enlace del recurso: http://revista.uch.edu.pe/index.php/hgh/article/view/125
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

Abstract  Objective: To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in health personnel working at La Luz Clinic. Material and method: This research is quantitative in focus, because of its way of collecting the data and measuring the variable, of non-experimental design, descriptive and cross-sectional. The data collection technique was the survey and the collection instrument used was the Kuorinka Nordic Questionnaire, which consists of 3 questions in 9 dimensions. Results: Of the sample, 72.7% (n = 218) were women and the rest were men. 56% (n = 168) of the participants were nursing technicians. The discomfort or discomfort, presented at some point during the last twelve months, the neck region predominated in 76.7% (n = 231) of the health personnel, followed by the dorsal region in 73.7% (n = 221) and the lumbar region 70.3% (n = 211), these segments being the ones that interfered with housework and / or work. Conclusion: In conclusion, musculoskeletal disorders in workers at the "La Luz" clinic are very common and frequent, especially affecting the cervical, dorsal and lumbar areas. Mainly harming the female sex and the technical nursing staff.Keywords:  Musculoskeletal disorders; health care personnel; occupational health; ergonomics (Source: DeCs).