Epidemiology of rsi / wrmd in northwest ceará, 2009 to 2016

Objective: To describe the epidemiology of Repetitive Strain Injury and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Diseases (RSI/ WRMD) in Northwestern Ceará. Method: A cross - sectional, descriptive and retrospective epidemiological study conducted at the Center of Reference in Occupational Health (COH), Sobral – Ceará, Brazil, with 404 cases of RSI / WRMD, reported in SINAN, between January 1, 2009 and 31 December of 2016. Results: 78.7% of the subjects are women; 78% are in the age group of 20 to 59 years; 78.9% are race / color self-declared brown / black; 47.5% are polyvalent workers in the manufacture of footwear; 78.3% registered employees; 64% consider the environment stressful; 94.3% perform repetitive movements; 96% referred pain, followed by exercise limitation (87.6%), strength decrease (82.9%), and movement (81%); 61.9% had some type of temporary incapacity; and in 25.8% of the cases, the risk factor was withdrawn. In most cases there were no changes in work organization (68%). There was also a significant association between movement limitation and the age group of 50 to 79 years (p 0.04). Conclusion: The process of alienated work, subjects the worker to work overload, which over time leads to illness, such as the development of RSI / WRMD. Descriptors: Descriptive epidemiology; Worker's health; Accidents of Work; Accumulated Trauma Disorders.