Premenstrual syndrome: influences in the nursing team of surgical centers: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200832.4.11

• Main Author: De Mattia, Ana Lúcia
• Publication Date: 2008
• Other Authors: Telles, Bruna, Madureira Santos, Carla Affonso, Castello Bernauer, Maura
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: O Mundo da Saúde (Online)
• Download full: https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/838
• topic: Equipe de enfermagem. Centro Cirúrgico Hospitalar – recursos humanos. Síndrome pré-menstrual.; Nursing, team. Surgery Department, Hospital – manpower. Premenstrual syndrome.

This is a descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative method using an analysis of data in terms of absolute andrelative frequency. It aims to identify signals of premenstrualsyndrome of nursing teams and verify whether these interfere in theadequate performance of work tasks. The research was carried out with 30 hardworking women of the Surgical Center of big PrivateHospital of Santos city. A form was applied containing 15 structured questions. Most study subjects had from 28 to 32 years of age andwere trained as nursing assistants. From the investigated symptoms, breasts intumescing was the most frequent, followed by a weightsensation in the pelvis, abdominal pains and irritability; most subjects had more than 5 signals and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome,problems that do not influence absence from work: 26 (87.0%) of the sample did work in spite of this. Thus, the research identifiedsymptoms of premenstrual syndrome, but these do not interfere in the adequate professional performance.