Open AccessAcidentes de trabalho entre mulheres brasileiras atendidas em uma unidade de emergência
Author(s) -
Cristiane Aparecida Silveira,
Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz Robazzi,
Liliana Amorim Alves,
Sandra Valenzuela Süazo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revista de enfermagem ufpe on line
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1981-8963
DOI - 10.5205/reuol.581-3802-1-rv.0304200915
Subject(s) - medicine , occupational accident , occupational safety and health , observational study , family medicine , nursing , medical emergency , gerontology , suicide prevention , poison control , pathology
Objective: to identify the occurrence of Occupational Accidents among women attended in a hospital in São Paulo city, characterizing them. Methods: observational, non-experimental and descriptive study, from quantitative approach. An instrument has been validated by experts for data collection; it were studied the patients’ charts from 2002 to 2003, in an Emergency Unit of a teaching hospital of the Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Clinics Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine University of São Paulo (4799/2004). Results: 82 women were victims of 117 Occupational Accidents. Most of the 82 female Occupational Accidents victims were between 25-40 years old (52.78%); 47.56% were married. Most of the women were nursing technicians and aides (29,27% each). Most of the Occupational Accidents (32.93%) were caused by falls. Conclusions: suggestions are presented to minimize these events, in terms of protecting women’s work and train health professionals to enable them to offer better care to these accident victims. Descriptors: occupational health; female work; emergency medical services.