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Need for recovery assessment among nursing professionals and call center operators

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Moriguchi, Cristiane Shinohara | Trevizani, Taísa | de Fátima Carreira Moreira, Roberta | Januário, Letícia Bergamin | de Oliveira, Ana Beatriz | Coury, Helenice Jane Cote Gil

Affiliations: Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, Washington Luís Road, Km 235, SP 310, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: Helenice@ufscar.br. Tel number: +55(16)3351-8634. Fax number: +55(16)3361-2081.

Keywords: cutoff point, fatigue scale, Brazilian workers

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0773-4838

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 4838-4842, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

The present study descriptively compares the need for recovery (NFR) among 128 nursing professionals (nurses) and 223 call center operators according cutoff points in the literature (45 and 50) and by means of statistical tests, and verifies the association between NFR scores and the presence of musculoskeletal symptoms. NFR was evaluated with the Need for Recovery Scale and musculoskeletal symptoms were evaluated with the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire. At a 45 point cutoff, 22% of the call-center workers and 33% of the nurses were classified as fatigued; at a 50 point cutoff, 13% of the call center operators and 27% of the nurses were classified as fatigued. The nurses had higher fatigue levels than the call center workers (p=0.015). Significant correlations were found between NFR scores and musculoskeletal symptoms reported during the previous 12 months (r=0.299, p<0.001) and 7 days (r=0.314, p<0.001). Regarding cutoff points and statistical tests, the NFR scale identified higher fatigue levels among the nurses and was demonstrated to be a useful tool for evaluating worker well-being.

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