Investigation of the general health status, complaints and common diseases of personnel who evaluated in the employee health unit of A training and research hospital

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the general health status of healthcare workers, who evaluated in the employee health unit in a training and research hospital and to evaluate the frequency of complaints and chronic diseases according to some sociodemographic characteristics and to determine the frequency and characteristics of the work accident. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this epidemiological descriptive study, it was reviewed the health data sheets of healthcare personnel who evaluated in the employee health unit of Sakarya Training and Research Hospital in 2017. In the study analysis 549 people were included, SPSS (20.0) package program was used to create a database and statistical significance was accepted as, p <0,05. RESULTS: 78,7% of the participants were female, the mean age was 34,74 ± 8,67 SD, 71,9% were midwives and nurses. 36,7% of the participants reported at least one chronic disease. The most common symptom was joint pain with a rate of 27,2%, followed by back pain with 19,6%. In addition, it was found that the rate of allergy (drug, latex, other) was 23,2% and 7,1% of the employees had at least one work accident during their professional life. While 29,3% of the respondents were smokers, heart rate was significantly higher in males and females who smokers. The rate of obesity was 11,5% (14,9% for men, 10,6% for women), 10,7% for hypertension (9,5% for men, 9,5% for women), 0,5% for diabetes and 7,4% for prediabetes. CONCLUSION: In addition to the increased risk and risk factors in hospitals, as well as the effects of their work, especially musculoskeletal diseases, cutaneous penetrating injuries, skin diseases and respiratory diseases are frequently observed in healthcare workers. Nevertheless, as the incidence of work-related accidents is lower than expected, occupational health information form can be added to the types of occupational accidents common in the field of healthcare. Due to, it is seen that the participants do not indicate the violence as an occupational accident, it can be questioned whether the employees are exposed to violence like physical, verbal or threatening. As there is no questioning about psychosocial risk factors in the form, additions can be made by using screening tests related to depression and burnout. Due to insufficient questioning of musculoskeletal symptoms, questions about the localization and degree of pain can be added by using the pain scales. Because of being in different health professional groups and working in different parts of the hospital will have their own risks, specific inquiry forms can be created for them. Key Words: Risks in Hospitals, Work Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, Occupational Accidents, Occupational Diseases, Health Workers.