Abstract
Objective:
To investigate the risk of illness and to the human cost at work from the point of view of the nursing team of a psychiatric hospital.
Method:
A cross-sectional study performed in a psychiatric hospital with 74 nursing workers. The Human Cost of Labor Scale was applied.
Results:
In the evaluation of the human cost at work, the cognitive cost factor was evaluated as a critical risk for the sickness of the nursing worker, while the factors affective cost and physical cost demonstrated a satisfactory evaluation. The items considered critical for illness referred to: having control of emotions, dealing with the aggressiveness of others, use of vision and memory, and repeated and repeated use of the legs and hands.
Conclusion:
The evaluated items reveal conditions critical to the health of the nursing worker in mental health, revealing risk of illness.
Keywords:
Nursing; Occupational Health; Mental Health