STRATEGIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LITERATURE

The work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) affect a large number of nurses decreasing their life quality and are considered a true public health issue. In this context, the main goal of the study is to identify which are the most effective strategies to prevent the work-related musculoskeletal in nurses in a hospital context. We chose to create a secondary and retrospective study, following the methodology of a systematic review of the literature proposed by the Cochrane Handbook. The research of corpus studies was carried out in the databases of PubMed, B-On, Scielo e Medline Complete, in the period between 2005-2016. In compliance with the validation criteria, 6 primary studies were selected and analysed. The results revealed that multifactorial intervention programs, with a systemic and integrated approach to work situations, are the most beneficial, both in terms of their implementation and in terms of cost-benefits. This type of program combines ergonomic solutions with organizational policies and training sessions and specific training in order to enable nurses to provide better healthcare with less risk. However, it has been verified that this type of programs only succeeds depending on the involvement of the professionals, the managers, the adopted policy, the type of leadership and the continuous monitoring. The results obtained evidenced the need for an early implementation of this type of WMSDs prevention programs, where the intervention of the rehabilitation nurse, with the multidisciplinary teams, will certainly play a fundamental role. (C) 2017 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK