title: Presenteeism in hospital nurses.
abstract: This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional research aimed to determine the estimated productivity of health-related limitations at work in 129 nurses working in direct care delivery to critical and potentially critical patients. Instruments were applied for socio-demographic and functional characterization and for the evaluation of presenteeism (Work Limitations Questionnaire). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software was used for data analysis. In this study, 75% of nurses obtained a lost productivity index of up to 4.84%. The physical demand domain represented the major limitation for these professionals (25%). Presenteeism was directly correlated to health care, occurrence and number of absences, and indirectly related to work time at the unit. It was concluded that organizational or individual factors influence individuals' productivity, in view of the circumstances involving care delivery to critical and potentially critical patients.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Santiago, RS, Brazil. juumann@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Umann
authors.forename: Laura de Azevedo
authors.initials: Lde A
authors.lastname: Guido
authors.forename: Eliane da Silva
authors.initials: Eda S
authors.lastname: Grazziano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital