Identification of cumulative post-traumatic disorders in port workers for clinical reasoning

Abstract

Objective: To associate cumulative post-traumatic disorders self-reported by port workers with their socioenvironmental constraints. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 232 port workers (136 onshore and 96 on board) with a mean age of 48.7 years. The cumulative post-traumatic disorders were self-reported, and their intensity was measured by a grade from one to four. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to associate the intensity of disorders with characterization variables, and Pearson's chi-square test was used to associate groups of workers with the disorders. Results: Both categories of port workers pointed out lumboischialgia (36.8% onshore and 28.1% on board) and tendinitis (27.9% onshore and 31.3% on board). There was a statistical correlation between age and work time with the intensity of the illnesses. Conclusion: The self-reporting of illnesses pointed out low back pain and tendon disorders that inferred causality to the self-reported diseases, whose practice should integrate the processing of the nursing clinical reasoning.