Trastornos Músculo-Esqueléticos en Auxiliares de Enfermería de un Hospital en Quito

Abstract

In order to understand the prevalence of: disorders Knew Muscle Skeletal (TMC), its characteristics, the relation with working conditions, labor absenteeism and other factors, it was studied a group of Auxiliary of Infirmary (AC) of a Hospital in Quito, Ecuador , in November and December, 2009. 238 women AF with an average of age of 48,06 years were asked a questionnaire, first used in the Southampton's University. The results show that the most frequent disorders in the last 12 months, were Lumbago (66,4%), Cervicalgia (56,3%) and pain of knees (51.2%) , in Surgery and Head Office of Sterilization; and in the last month, Lumbalgia (55.5%) pain of knees (52,2%) and Cervicalgia (42,4%), in Orthopedic and Surgery. There was demonstrated statistically a significant relation between some disorders with age, years of work and casual perception. The corporal mass index suggests an independent relation.