title: Medical reports recommending work restrictions at a teaching hospital in Brazil.
abstract: This non-experimental and cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to evaluate medical reports recommending work restrictions for workers at a teaching hospital in Brazil. A form was used for data collection, characterizing the medical reports and work restrictions, with its content previously validated. A total of 176 medical reports was analyzed, containing 337 work restrictions, recommended from January 2001 to January 2004. The results demonstrated a high rate of work restrictions in the study hospital. The most restrictions frequent were ergonomic (78.6%), and the most often prescribed were: no weight lifting or carrying and no repetitive movements. There was an average of two restrictions per medical report, 79.5% of which were definitive and the mean restriction period was 13 months.
authors.affiliation: School of Medical Science, State University of Campinas. gpg@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Giovana Pimentel
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Gurgueira
authors.forename: Neusa Maria Costa
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Alexandre
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006804:Ergonomics; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D009790:Occupations; D013997:Time Factors; D014891:Weight Lifting