title: [Health worker's health: an analysis of research studies on the theme].
abstract: This study aimed at analyzing research studies concerning the subject "Health worker's health" A bibliographic research in 6 nursing journals was carried out, focusing on articles published from 1998 to 2002. Forty-eight articles were identified and we noticed that the Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem and the Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP were the most on the theme was published. Authors were mainly nurses (78.9%), doctors (50.8%) and professors (63.1%). The studies approached aspects concerning the worker's mental health (41.6%), labor accidents (14.6%), labor conditions (12.5%) and quality of life (10.4%). From the research studies analyzed, 56.2% were qualitative, 89.5% had hospital environment as stage and 72.9% includedsuggestions on how outcomes could be incorporated to practice.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação da Universidade Federal do Ceará.
authors.forename: Vitória de Cássia Félix
authors.initials: Vde C
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Marta Maria Coelho
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.forename: Thelma Leite
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Araújo
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D016272:Occupational Health; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*