Adoecimento e o sofrimento de trabalhadores acometidos por LER/DORT

Abstract

The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between the organization of work and the increase of cases by RSI / WRMSDs, in addition to the effects on health in the clearance status of work by the disease. Methods: Collection of sociodemographic and labor subjects’ records data on Worker-Health Reference Center -CEREST, city of Santos/SP, and selected subjects with clinical diagnoses established for RSI/WRMSDs and who had experienced the absence of work because of the disease. The subjects were invited to participate in individual and semi structured interviews, based on pre-prepared scripts. The interviews were recorded and transcribed for thematic content analysis. The results brought the understand that there was involvement of the work organization in the worsening of the cases, and the consequences interfere in workers' health and their daily lives, resulting in psychological suffering. It highlights the need for greater integration of multidisciplinary teams in interdisciplinary actions, and psychologists with this theme.