Risk of illness and human cost at work in a psychiatric hospital

Abstract Objective: To investigate the risk of illness and to the human cost at work from the point of view of the nursing team of a psychiatric hospital. Method: A cross-sectional study performed in a psychiatric hospital with 74 nursing workers. The Human Cost of Labor Scale was applied. Result...

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Main Authors: Kayo Henrique Jardel Feitosa Sousa, Danilo de Paiva Lopes, Maria Luiza Figueiredo Nogueira, Gisele Massante Peixoto Tracera, Katerine Gonçalves Moraes, Regina Célia Gollner Zeitoune
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2018-06-01
Series:Escola Anna Nery
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Online Access:http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-81452018000200212&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:Abstract Objective: To investigate the risk of illness and to the human cost at work from the point of view of the nursing team of a psychiatric hospital. Method: A cross-sectional study performed in a psychiatric hospital with 74 nursing workers. The Human Cost of Labor Scale was applied. Results: In the evaluation of the human cost at work, the cognitive cost factor was evaluated as a critical risk for the sickness of the nursing worker, while the factors affective cost and physical cost demonstrated a satisfactory evaluation. The items considered critical for illness referred to: having control of emotions, dealing with the aggressiveness of others, use of vision and memory, and repeated and repeated use of the legs and hands. Conclusion: The evaluated items reveal conditions critical to the health of the nursing worker in mental health, revealing risk of illness.
ISSN:2177-9465