Identificação de queimaduras térmicas como injúria relacionada ao trabalho de soldadores

Abstract

Objective: Assess identification of burns in welders as work-related injury before and after communicative clinical action.Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 161 welders in the formation process. A model of clinic judgment and decision was used and adapted to the public health nursing. For data collection, a questionnaire was administered before and after communicative clinical action.Results: For welders who did not report burns during the welding activity, a statistically significant difference (p=0.02) was observed in relation to the spark-caused eye burn variable.Conclusion: Communicative clinical actions can modify individuals' knowledge about occurrence of burns as [being] work-related injuries.