Fadiga dos profissionais de enfermagem na estratégia da saúde da família no município de Uberlândia.

Abstract

Introduction: This research approaches the fatigue in scope of the nursing professionals team of the Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF). Objectives: To describe the fatigue levels of the nursing professionals of the ESF. To identify the presence of fatigue among nursing professionals. To characterize the socioeconomic and work aspects of the nursing professionals and to analyze and correlate the aspects found with the fatigue levels. Method: The research has a descriptive-analytical, quantitative character, performed according to Resolution 466/12 of CNS. Questionnaires were applied in a sample of 112 professionals in the UBSF's of the city of Uberlândia. Simple and applied statistics were used to collect the data.Results: The study showed that the sample was more predominantly female, from the age group of 30 to 49 years old, with a larger number of nurses and with only one job link. It was identified with the DUFS questionnaire that 20, 8% says that they always need extra energy to handle their daily tasks and that 36.9% of professionals have had the need to rest more. So, this research evidences the presence of fatigue in 70.8% of the professionals. Conclusion: Evaluating the projections of fatigue on the body, this research shows self-reported signs that are already presente signs, which can be recognized as symptoms and which show signs of compromising, at some level, the welfare of the workers in question, certainly reflecting in daily life, and may even compromise the health of these workers and their performance.