OCCUPATIONAL STRESS, SALIVARY CORTISOL AND MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN HEMATO-ONCOLOGY NURSES
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https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.74862Keywords:
Hydrocortisone, Oncology Nursing, Musculoskeletal Pain, Occupational Stress, Occupational Health.Abstract
Objective: to verify the correlation between occupational stress, salivary cortisol concentration and musculoskeletal pain in hematology-oncology nurses. Method: cross-sectional study with 28 hematology-oncology nurses from an institution in southern Brazil. The Job Stress Scale and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptoms Questionnaire were used for data collection, and Salivette® tubes were used for saliva collection and salivary cortisol analysis on three moments during a workday, and on two moments during a day off. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s Correlation test were used. Results: there was a significant and positive correlation between cortisol at the beginning of the day off with control. Cortisol values with occupational stress and musculoskeletal pain were not significant. Conclusion: the results contribute to the understanding of the health-disease process of hematology-oncology nurses, highlighting the need for concomitant physiological and psychological assessments for better evaluation and definition of strategies.
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