Doença do disco intervertebral em trabalhadores da perfuração de petróleo

Abstract

A cross-sectional study among 1,026 oil drilling workers in Northeast Brazil found a prevalence rate of 5% for intervertebral disk disease, varying from 1.8% (activities without heavy lifting) and 4.5% (occasional lifting) to 7.2% (routine lifting). Disease prevalence was 10.5% among drilling workers with more than 15 years in the industry and 11.3% among those over 40 years of age. Prevalence ratio (PR) for the association between working in oil drilling operations and intervertebral disk disease was 2.3 (95% CI: 1.3-4.0). Retrospective information about exposure was collected to minimize the healthy worker survival effect. Using information on current occupation instead of occupational life history would cause an underestimated PR of 1.1 (95% CI: 0.6-1.9). Logistic regression showed results similar to the tabular analysis. Neither confounding nor interaction was evident. Growth of the Brazilian oil industry and recent changes in the work force contract and management, involving changes in risk management and health control, indicate a need for prompt ergonomic intervention in order to control intervertebral disk disease among oil drilling workers.

Invalidez por dor nas costas entre segurados da Previdência Social do Brasil

“…10 Nursing providers and oil workers showed a high prevalence of low back pain. 9,13 Both occupations require constant weight bearing.…”

Offshore work and the work of nurses on board: an integrative review

“…The national publications were from the following journals: Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional (9,33) , Ciência e Saúde Coletiva (10,19) , Uerj Nursing Journal (2,38) , Text & Context Nursing (11) , Revista de Saúde Pública (20) , Reports in Public Health (12,(21)(22)37) , Estudos de Psicologia de Campinas (3) and Revista Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho (13) . The following international journals stood out: Occupational Environmental Medicine (14,17,(25)(26)(34)(35)(36) , Morbidity and Mortality Weekly …”

“…Offshore work environment Dichotomy work environment/domestic environment (9)(10) Nature of work on board (2,(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) Exposure to occupational risk (1)(2)(3)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)16,(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32) Safety at work (2,(9)(10)12,15) Amid work adversities, an escape Work accidents (2,9,11-12, 15,17,33) Illness at work (13)(14)17,19,22,25,(27)(28)…”

“…Offshore work in health and safety (1,17) The work of offshore nurses (2,11,38) Litter team (11) Rescue of offshore victims with use of helicopters (1,3,12,15,17,25,(35)(36)38) In search of safe practices Legislation (1)(2)(9)(10)15,24,27,33) Development programs (1,(12)(13)15,(18)(19)(22)(23)(24)(25)27,33,37) Source: Research data.…”

Lombalgia ocupacional

“…Both the dynamic forces related to displacements, carrying loads and using steps, ladders or stairs, and the static forces related to supporting heavy loads, to uncomfortable positions and to restriction of movement, can contribute to injuries to joints and to intervertebral discs 7,24 . Factors that have been identified as conferring a risk of occupational low back pain include cumulative traumas, dynamic activities related to movements of trunk flexion and rotation, heavy physical work, bending or squatting, macro traumas, lifting or carrying loads, exposure to long work shifts without pauses, whole-body vibrations and static and inadequate postures 6,11,[25][26][27][28][29][30] .…”