title: [Chronic pelvic pain in women and prevalent orthostatic work. Preliminary results of a study on health staff of the surgical field].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this research is to estimate the causal and/or pre-existing causal influence of some working factors, such as the standing (position) in pelvic pain syndrome, in relation to the reduction in working performance.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research was carried out by means of an inclusive questionnaire, the purpose being to analyse anamnestic and working information. The questionnaire was proposed to a group of female sanitary staff selected in relation to their working activity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Examination of the questionnaire shows prominently the association between pelvic pain and orthostatic working activity, kept not below 4-6 hours each duty. In fact, 70% of the people selected have reported this mutual relationship.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Working activities in the orthostatic position can produce pelvic pain, whose origin and intensity seem to be related to extended orthostatic working activity. The mechanism by which the upright position can produce an outbreak of pelvic pain in women seems to be linked to the compression on abdominal vessels, with slowing-down and reduction of the hematic uterine discharge.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli Studi, Messina.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fenga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galtieri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tripodi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Granese
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vazzana
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires