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Occupational health nurses: interdisciplinary experience in occupational health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):897-905
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHOccupational health nurses: interdisciplinary experience in occupational health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):897-905
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0113
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Objective:
to analyze the relationship of occupational health nurses with the other members of the Specialized Service in Safety Engineering and Occupational Medicine (SESMT) and characterize joint actions of these professionals in occupational health.
Method:
qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study with 34 professionals of seven companies from the South Macroregion of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Interviews and observations were conducted for content analysis of Bardin.
Results:
the SESMTs are multidisciplinary and intersectoral workers. Nurses have working relations of an interpersonal, technical/legal, and management of logistics/organizational nature, influenced by the technical division of work and by the division in the work environment of the staff, which distances areas, generates conflicts, and fragments the actions of the service.
Conclusion:
SESMT faces challenges to develop a work befitting their legal objectives, once staff and companies need to understand the importance of interdisciplinarity for the success of actions on the workers’ health and safety.
Keywords:InterrelationshipOccupational Health NursingOccupational Health ServicesWorkWorkers' HealthSee more
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Translation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):888-896
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHTranslation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):888-896
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0096
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Objective:
to translate and adapt the BPEWS for the Portuguese language, with the purpose of verifying its applicability in the Brazilian context studied.
Method:
methodological study guided by international and nationally accepted recommendations for translation and adaptation of health measurement instruments. Stages of conceptual, item, semantic, operational and pre-test equivalence are described for obtaining the BPEWS Portuguese version to be used in Brazil.
Results:
the BPEWS version translated and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese (BPEWS-Br) identified, in the pilot study, that 26.6% of children were presenting warning signs for clinical deterioration.
Conclusion:
the BPEWS-Br seems to be applicable for the context studied, and its use might help nurses in the recognition and documentation of warning signs for clinical deterioration in hospitalized Brazilian children.
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RESEARCH
Validation of the Nursing Activities Score in Portuguese intensive care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):881-887
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHValidation of the Nursing Activities Score in Portuguese intensive care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):881-887
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0147
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Objective:
to describe the process of adaptation and validation of the Nursing Activities Score to the Portuguese context.
Method:
this was a pilot study of adaptation and validation of the Nursing Activities Score with a sample consisting of 67 patients hospitalized in the intensive care units of three Portuguese hospitals. The construct validity was assessed through factor analysis procedures and the internal consistency of the items was measured through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.
Results:
a mean workload value of 63.04% (SD = 14.25; Median = 61.30) was obtained. Psychometric data revealed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.71 in the total scale, indicating an acceptable accuracy. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested an appropriate adjustment between the model and the data (χ2(199) = 214.5, p = 0.214; CFI = 0.95; RMSA = 0.035).
Conclusion:
in the present study, the Portuguese version of the Nursing Activities Score was found to be a valid instrument, enabling a safe assessment of the workload of nurses.
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RESEARCH
Managing educational practices for qualified nursing care in cardiology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):872-880
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHManaging educational practices for qualified nursing care in cardiology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):872-880
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0032
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Objective:
to understand significances attributed by nurses who manage nursing care to the individual affected by cardiovascular disease to relations, interactions and associations of the educational practices in a cardiovascular reference hospital. To elaborate a theoretical explanatory model based on significances attributed in the light of the complex thinking.
Method:
qualitative study, which used Theory Based on Data (TBD) as methodological reference. Twenty-two professionals of nursing participated in the study.
Results:
the results indicate need of professional qualification to ensure the safety of patients, institutional support for the realization of educational practices, attitude of openness and availability of dialogue of the health professionals and other institutional conformations for the workers’ development.
Conclusion:
the study presents a new space for the nurse’s action that can be used to qualify and optimize the nursing practice, as it provides visibility to management and care in health institutions.
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RESEARCH
Social representations of biosecurity in nursing: occupational health and preventive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):864-871
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHSocial representations of biosecurity in nursing: occupational health and preventive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):864-871
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0114
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Objective:
to understand the biosecurity social representations by primary care nursing professionals and analyze how they articulate with quality of care.
Methods:
exploratory and qualitative research based on social representation theory. The study participants were 36 nursing workers from primary health care in a state capital in the Northeast region of Brazil. The data were analyzed by descending hierarchical classification.
Results:
five classes were obtained: occupational accidents suffered by professionals; occupational exposure to biological agents; biosecurity management in primary health care; the importance of personal protective equipment; and infection control and biosecurity.
Conclusion:
the different positions taken by the professionals seem to be based on a field of social representations related to the concept of biosecurity, namely exposure to accidents and risks to which they are exposed. However, occupational accidents are reported as inherent to the practice.
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Clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):855-863
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHClinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):855-863
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0131
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Objective:
to conduct the clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”.
Method:
a cross-sectional study, conducted in a Centro de Saúde da Família (Family Health Care center), with 45 healthy breastfed infants. The instrument for collecting the data was prepared based on the literature and validated by nurses. It contained the following variables: sociodemographic, gestational, and obstetrical variables; breastfed infant’s nutritional profile; evaluation of the defining characteristics of the proposed nursing diagnosis.
Results:
all the defining characteristics were found to have high sensitivity values (>90%), positive predictive values (>65%), negative predictive values (>66%); however, low specificity values (<32%). In this study, the defining characteristics we found to have estimates (>0.50) within the ROC curve, which provides good sensitivity and specificity.
Conclusion:
this study verified the structural elements of the proposed nursing diagnosis to be relevant in the clinical context, which justifies the need for its being employed with children, taking into account its contribution to improving nursing care.
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Oral drugs at a hospital unit: adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):847-854
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHOral drugs at a hospital unit: adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):847-854
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0081
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Objective:
to describe the profile of standardized oral drugs at a hospital unit and assess their adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes, according to recommendations from the literature.
Method:
descriptive study, with data on drugs collected from the Pharmacy Service Dispensing System. Specific recommendations for the use of these drugs via enteral feeding tubes were found after searches in literary databases, books, manuals, guidelines and package insert collections.
Results:
among the 236 dispensed oral drugs, 86% were in solid form; of those, 32 were “non-crushable”, with the liquid form available at the institution. Twenty-eight drugs with potential interactions with enteral nutrition were identified. Sixty percent of those presented specific recommendations on their administration via enteral feeding tube.
Conclusion:
the joint participation of multidisciplinary nutritional therapy and care teams and the implementation of programs for continuous training are suggested strategies for the prevention of potential problems in the administration of drugs in the hospital setting.
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Nurses’ performance on indigenous and African-Brazilian health care practices
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):840-846
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHNurses’ performance on indigenous and African-Brazilian health care practices
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):840-846
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690504
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Objective:
to analyze the performance of nurses from the Estratégia Saúde da Família (Family Health Strategy) on health care practices rooted in African and Indigenous cultures.
Methods:
Thematic Oral History was used and interviews were conducted with seven participants, who worked with Primary Health Care in Northeastern Brazil. The analysis was based on Leininger’s Theory of Cultural Care and the intercultural concept of human rights, among others.
Results:
nurses are unaware of the religious and historical context of the ethnic groups cared for and do not appreciate their self-care practices in areas with a predominance of African and indigenous cultures. These practices coexist with the hegemonic biomedical model.
Conclusion:
the debate on cultural competence in the context of professional qualification and exercise is required, aiming to promote the nursing work in the perspective of diversity and comprehensiveness of health care.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Nurses’ performance in palliative care: spiritual care in the light of Theory of Human Caring
- Carla Braz Evangelista
, - Maria Emília Limeira Lopes ,
- Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa ,
- Patrícia Serpa de Souza Batista ,
- Marcella Costa Souto Duarte , [ … ],
- Betânia da Mata Ribeiro Gomes
09-24-2022
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENurses’ performance in palliative care: spiritual care in the light of Theory of Human Caring
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(1):e20210029
09-24-2022DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0029
- Carla Braz Evangelista ,
- Maria Emília Limeira Lopes ,
- Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa ,
- Patrícia Serpa de Souza Batista ,
- Marcella Costa Souto Duarte ,
- Gilvânia Smith da Nóbrega Morais ,
- Jael Rubia figueiredo de Sá França ,
- Betânia da Mata Ribeiro Gomes
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Objectives:
to analyze nurses’ role in assisting patients in palliative care, with emphasis on the spiritual dimension, in the light of Theory of Human Caring.
Methods:
this is an exploratory, qualitative study, carried out in a hospital in João Pessoa, Paraíba, between August and December 2019, with 10 nurses. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were used. For analysis, we opted for content analysis.
Results:
the spiritual dimension of care is contemplated by several religious and spiritual practices. These are respected and encouraged by nurses, although there is difficulty in providing care for the spiritual dimension.
Final Considerations:
nurses have attitudes consistent with Jean Watson’s Theory and apply the Caritas Process elements during assistance to patients’ spiritual dimension in palliative care.
- Carla Braz Evangelista
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Why does your pain never get better? Stigma and coping mechanism in people with sickle cell disease
- Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho ,
- Jayanne Moreira Carneiro ,
- Aline Silva Gomes ,
- Katia Santana Freitas ,
- Coretta Melissa Jenerette
06-18-2021
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEWhy does your pain never get better? Stigma and coping mechanism in people with sickle cell disease
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(3):e20200831
06-18-2021DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0831
- Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho ,
- Jayanne Moreira Carneiro ,
- Aline Silva Gomes ,
- Katia Santana Freitas ,
- Coretta Melissa Jenerette
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Objectives:
to analyze the characteristics of stigma in the interactions of people with pain and sickle cell disease and the coping strategies adopted.
Methods:
qualitative study, conducted in Bahia’s reference units between January and July 2018. In-depth interviews were applied to 25 adults, followed by content analysis and interpretation in light of the Sociological Theory of Stigma.
Results:
four categories emerged from the data: Stigma in interactions with family members; Stigma in interactions with people in the general public; Stigma in interactions with health workers; and Strategies for coping with stigma.
Final Considerations:
in the participants’ interactions, stigma produced discrediting pain reports, labeling and stereotyping, blaming patients for not improving their health, discrimination, racism, inadequate pain assessment, and delay in care. Coping included silencing, covering up, aggressive behavior, exposure to risk, reading religious texts and praises, and church attendance.
- Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Manchester Triage System: assessment in an emergency hospital service
- Ana Paula Santos de Jesus ,
- Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno ,
- Cassia Regina Vancini Campanharo ,
- Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes ,
- Ruth Ester Assayag Batista
07-14-2021
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEManchester Triage System: assessment in an emergency hospital service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(3):e20201361
07-14-2021DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1361
- Ana Paula Santos de Jesus ,
- Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno ,
- Cassia Regina Vancini Campanharo ,
- Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes ,
- Ruth Ester Assayag Batista
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Objectives:
to analyze demographic data, clinical profile and outcomes of patients in emergency services according to Manchester Triage System’s priority level.
Methods:
a cross-sectional, analytical study, carried out with 3,624 medical records. For statistical analysis, the Chi-Square Test was used.
Results:
white individuals were more advanced in age. In the red and white categories, there was a higher percentage of men when compared to women (p=0.0018) and higher prevalence of personal history. Yellow priority patients had higher percentage of pain (p<0.0001). Those in red category had a higher frequency of altered vital signs, external causes, and death outcome. There was a higher percentage of exams performed and hospitalization in the orange category. Blue priority patients had a higher percentage of non-specific complaints and dismissal after risk stratification.
Conclusions:
a higher percentage of altered vital signs, number of tests performed, hospitalization and death were evidenced in Manchester protocol’s high priority categories.
Keywords:Emergency NursingEmergency Service, HospitalOutcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)TriageVital SignsSee more - Ana Paula Santos de Jesus
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Quality of life at work in a central sterile processing department
- Gliccia Morguethe Vieira Rego ,
- Isaura Letícia Tavares Palmeira Rolim ,
- Aurean D’Eça Júnior ,
- Ana Hélia de Lima Sardinha ,
- Geysa Santos Góis Lopes , [ … ],
- Nair Portela Silva Coutinho
03-09-2020
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEQuality of life at work in a central sterile processing department
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(2):e20180792
03-09-2020DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0792
- Gliccia Morguethe Vieira Rego ,
- Isaura Letícia Tavares Palmeira Rolim ,
- Aurean D’Eça Júnior ,
- Ana Hélia de Lima Sardinha ,
- Geysa Santos Góis Lopes ,
- Nair Portela Silva Coutinho
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Objectives:
to evaluate the quality of life of nursing professionals who work in a central sterile processing department.
Methods:
a descriptive, quantitative, exploratory study, conducted with 82 nursing professionals working in the Central Sterile Processing Department of a University Hospital, from September to November 2017. A semi-structured instrument and the questionnaire “Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36” were used. Results: most of the participants were female, married, aged 31-40 years; 47.6% with 6-10 years of profession, and 82.9% reported working in CSPD for 1-5 years. The most affected quality of life domains were Pain, Vitality, General Health Status and Social Aspects.
Conclusions:
This study showed a need for rethinking and re-creating the labor dynamics in CSPD to improve the quality of life of these nursing professionals.
- Gliccia Morguethe Vieira Rego
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Trend of transplants and organ and tissue donations in Brazil: a time series analysis
- Fernanda Gatez Trevisan dos Santos ,
- Vanessa Aparecida Martim Mezzavila ,
- Thamires Fernandes Cardoso da Silva Rodrigues ,
- Luana Cristina Bellini Cardoso ,
- Marcelo da Silva , [ … ],
- Cremilde Aparecida Trindade Radovanovic
03-03-2021
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLETrend of transplants and organ and tissue donations in Brazil: a time series analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200058
03-03-2021DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0058
- Fernanda Gatez Trevisan dos Santos ,
- Vanessa Aparecida Martim Mezzavila ,
- Thamires Fernandes Cardoso da Silva Rodrigues ,
- Luana Cristina Bellini Cardoso ,
- Marcelo da Silva ,
- Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira ,
- Cremilde Aparecida Trindade Radovanovic
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Objectives:
to indentify the time trend of rates of organs and tissues effective donors, of reports and types of transplanted organs per million people of the Brazilian population.
Methods:
ecological study, of time series, about reports of organ donations and on transplants. The data were provided by the Registro Brasileiro de Transplantes and analyzed using polynomial regression.
Results
an increasing trend was found for potential donors and effective donors, with an average increase of 2.33 and 0.92 per year, respectively. The South Region had the highest rate of potential donors (83.8) and effective donors (34.1) and the North Region, the lowest rate (20.2 and 3.9). The family refusal was the main obstacle to accomplish the donation.
Conclusions
the results show an increasing trend of potential donors and effective donors throughout Brazil, with emphasis on the southern region of the country. Among the main reasons for non-donation, it is worth emphasizing family refusal and medical contraindication prescription.
- Fernanda Gatez Trevisan dos Santos
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Coping strategies, concerns, and habits of Brazilian men in the COVID-19 context
- Anderson Reis de Sousa ,
- Jules Ramon Brito Teixeira ,
- Tilson Nunes Mota ,
- Thiago da Silva Santana ,
- Sélton Diniz dos Santos , [ … ],
- Álvaro Francisco Lopes Sousa
07-12-2021
Abstract
Coping strategies, concerns, and habits of Brazilian men in the COVID-19 context
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20210040
07-12-2021DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0040
- Anderson Reis de Sousa ,
- Jules Ramon Brito Teixeira ,
- Tilson Nunes Mota ,
- Thiago da Silva Santana ,
- Sélton Diniz dos Santos ,
- Magno Conceição das Merces ,
- Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho ,
- Álvaro Francisco Lopes Sousa
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Objective:
To describe coping strategies, concerns and habits of Brazilian men during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method:
Cross-sectional, descriptive and nationwide study, carried out in 2020 with a total of 1015 men living in Brazil. A descriptive statistic was used.
Results:
Young (41.2%), black (61.4%), highly educated (66.8%), high income (33.2%), living with family/friends (49.7%) and formal workers (65.6%) predominated. As coping strategies predominated: exclusive use of the private health system (36.4%), support from family/friends (78.2%) and leisure (97.7%) and domestic activities (64.9 %). Social distancing (59.7%), economic (58.0%) and work situations (44.4%) were the main reasons for concern. Among the prevention/control attitudes, hand washing (94.3%) and social distancing (91.0%) prevailed. Media consumption (84.6%) and health risk (65.4%) were the main increased habits.
Conclusion:
Brazilian men adopted coping strategies recommended by health authorities, with concerns and habits of potential risk to physical and mental health.
- Anderson Reis de Sousa
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Self-medication practices in riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190432
07-08-2020
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESelf-medication practices in riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190432
07-08-2020DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0432
Views0INTRODUCTIONThe Brazilian Amazon rainforest has an area of approximately 5 million km2, with important climatic, social and economic variations that can impact the profile of morbidity and the use of medicines. The epidemiological profile of the Amazonian population is quite heterogeneous, including vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Diseases Related to Inadequate […]See more -
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Occupational stress of nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service
- Alessandra Ferreira Araújo ,
- Luciana Neves da Silva Bampi ,
- Caio Cesar de Olivera Cabral ,
- Rayanne Silva Queiroz ,
- Luiza Helena Brito Calasans , [ … ],
- Tiago Silva Vaz
06-01-2020
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEOccupational stress of nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20180898
06-01-2020DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0898
- Alessandra Ferreira Araújo ,
- Luciana Neves da Silva Bampi ,
- Caio Cesar de Olivera Cabral ,
- Rayanne Silva Queiroz ,
- Luiza Helena Brito Calasans ,
- Tiago Silva Vaz
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Objective:
To evaluate stress, and to associate it with sociodemographic and clinical aspects of nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service.
Method:
This is an observational, cross-sectional and quantitative study conducted with 123 nurses, who answered a questionnaire to assess sociodemographic and clinical variables, and the Job Stress Scale, which evaluates stress in the workplace.
Results:
The results indicated that most of them were women, 20 to 40 years old, married, without another employment bond and with specialization course. They had low control and low demand at work and performed a passive work. Women reported passive work and high stress levels, while men were equally divided in active and passive work with low stress levels.
Conclusion:
Passive work is harmful to health and it is related to lack of autonomy, decision-making, and social support. It may lead to reduced ability to solve problems faced in daily work routine.
- Alessandra Ferreira Araújo
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