Occupational accidents among brazilian women during emergency care

Autores

  • Cristiane Aparecida Silveira Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
  • Maria Lúcia Carmo Cruz Robazzi Universidade de São Paulo
  • Liliana Amorim Alves Universidade de São Paulo
  • Sandra Verônica Valenzuela Suazo Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5205/reuol.581-3802-1-RV.0304200915

Palavras-chave:

Acidente de Trabalho, Trabalho Feminino, Atendimento de Emergência

Resumo

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.

Biografia do Autor

Cristiane Aparecida Silveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem do Programa Interunidades da Escola de Enfermagem e Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (EE-EERP/USP). Docente da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais campus Poços de Caldas, MG, Brasil.

Maria Lúcia Carmo Cruz Robazzi, Universidade de São Paulo

Professora Titular da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, RibeirãoPreto, São Paulo, Brasil.

Liliana Amorim Alves, Universidade de São Paulo

Fonoaudióloga. Doutoranda em Enfermagem do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem Fundamental da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

Sandra Verônica Valenzuela Suazo, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

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Publicado

09/16/2009

Como Citar

SILVEIRA, Cristiane Aparecida; ROBAZZI, Maria Lúcia Carmo Cruz; ALVES, Liliana Amorim; SUAZO, Sandra Verônica Valenzuela. Occupational accidents among brazilian women during emergency care. Revista de Enfermagem UFPE on line, Recife, v. 3, n. 4, p. 908–912, 2009. DOI: 10.5205/reuol.581-3802-1-RV.0304200915. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/view/5583. Acesso em: 20 jun. 2026.

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