Mental health of cleaning staff of a university hospital - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v25i1.2299

Authors

  • Beatriz Brandão Assis Gonzales UEM Author
  • Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho UEM Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v25i1.2299

Keywords:

saúde mental, zeladoria hospitalar, condições físicas e mentais

Abstract

This work aims to analyse the cleaning staff’s perceptions of “Hospital Universitário de Maringá” (University Hospital from Maringá city) in relation to their experience at the hospital, involving their physical and mental health. This issue is considered to be extremely important to the mental health preservation of all working environment and specifically in the hospital scope. The methodology was descriptive exploitation and the data collection instrument was a questionnaire based on Pitta’s model (1990). The results show that there is a necessity of approaches that involve the issues pain and death. This procedure can provide good mental health condition for these workers.

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Author Biography

  • Beatriz Brandão Assis Gonzales, UEM
    Possui graduação em Letras pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1992) e pós-graduação, Especialização em Saúde Mental, pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Psicologia(2000). É Agente Universitário - Técnico Administrativo da Universidade Estadual de Maringá Currículo Lattes

Published

2008-04-17

Issue

Section

Health Sciences

How to Cite

Gonzales, B. B. A., & Carvalho, M. D. de B. (2008). Mental health of cleaning staff of a university hospital - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v25i1.2299. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 25(1), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v25i1.2299

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