BIOMECHANICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND TME ANALYSIS USING THE NORDIC QUESTIONNAIRE IN HEALTH PERSONNEL

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46296/yc.v9i16.0655

The concept of ergonomics was shaped by human factors, understood as anthropometry, biomechanics, productivity and the environment with physical environmental factors. For health personnel, the risk factor for MSDs is the weight of patients when they are transferred or lifted, the frequency of handling, their movement and the level of postural difficulty required by a task, particularly when they are of long duration. To this end, a cross-sectional and descriptive study was applied in 40 health workers from the hospitalization area of the IESS in the city of Quito in order to determine the prevalence of symptoms. The mixed approach allowed to know the particularities that generate them, the information collection technique used was the Nordic questionnaire of Kuorinka, where it was evidenced that most workers have presented some type of discomfort and the prevalence is in the neck, shoulders and lumbar area, these discomforts can be affected by the work environment increasing disorders of occupational origin intervening physical aspects, psychological factors and factors related to the work activity performed.

Keywords: Musculoskeletal disorders, risk factor, Nordic Kuorinka questionnaire.