title: Health indicators of workers of the hospital area.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the health indicators of workers of hospital area for exposure to workloads, wear processes and its consequences.
  
  
  METHODS
  a retrospective, descriptive and exploratory study performed in a hospital in southern Brazil. The population consisted of 1,050 workers notifications of registered in the Monitoring System of Nursing Workers Health, in 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  80.8% of the records were female workers, with 34.2% aged between 31 to 40 years old, corresponding to 2478 working lost days. The results subsidized the implementation of nine indicators that showed the prevalence of respiratory and osteoarticular problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results allow the reflection and redirection of actions for workers' health, as the processes of becoming ill are compounded by exposure to psychic burdens. These indicators, when monitored, can contribute to the transformation of the profile of morbidity of these workers.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors: Leni de Lima
authors: Lde L
authors: Santana
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors: Leila Maria Mansano
authors: LM
authors: Sarquis
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors: Fernanda Moura D'Almeida
authors: FM
authors: Miranda
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors: Luciana Puchalski
authors: LP
authors: Kalinke
authors: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors: Vanda Elisa Andres
authors: VE
authors: Felli
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
authors: Vivian Aline
authors: VA
authors: Mininel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016526:Workload