ILLNESS AND THE USE OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS AMONG NURSING WORKERS AT INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

• Главные авторы: Tainara Genro Vieira (Автор), Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck (Автор), Caliandra Marta Dissen (Автор), Silviamar Camponogara (Автор), Mariangela Gobatto (Автор), Alexa Pupiara Flores Coelho (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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• Notes: 2179-7692; 2179-7692; 10.5902/217976927538
• Keywords: enfermagem; saúde do trabalhador; unidades de terapia intensiva; psicotrópicos; Medicine; R; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 205-214 (2013)

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/217976927538 Aim: to identify the disease and use of psychoactive drugs among nursing staff of the Intensive Care Unit. Method: A descriptive study with a quantitative approach, performed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Neonatal and Adult of a teaching hospital in the second half of 2011, with the participation of 49 nursing staff. The instrument was self-administered questionnaire with analysis by simple descriptive statistics. Results: 28.5% of employees use psychoactive medication, 24.4% of these reported that the drugs were prescribed. 24.4% of the subjects have any mental illness, the most cited depression with 14.2%. The shift was evident that most workers with mental illness was the night with 43.7%. Still, 63.2% of workers reported that self-treatment using antidepressant drugs with 12.2%. Conclusion: it is necessary to create strategies that avoid the illness, the use of psychoactive drugs and self-medication by health workers.