Capacidade para o trabalho e qualidade de vida

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Work ability and quality of life of Brazilian industrial workers

Carolina Souza Neves da Costa 1
Elizabeth Garcia de Freitas 1
Lorena Cristina de Souza Mendonça 1
Michele Elizabeth Rubio Alem 1
Helenice Jane Cote Gil Coury 1

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Departamento de
Fisioterapia e Terapia
Ocupacional, Centro de
Ciências Biológicas e da
Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Via
Washington Luis Km 235,
Monjolinho. 13565-905
São Carlos SP. [e-mail] Abstract The scope of this study was to evaluate the quality of life and work ability of industrial workers by means of self-perception questionnaires. 100 industrial production line workers on the night shift participated in this study. Authorized Brazilian translations of the Work Ability Index (WAI) and the Abbreviated World
Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOLBref) Assessment Instrument were applied. The results show an association between work ability and the whole set of domains of quality of life, presenting a closer association with the physical domain (r = 0.61). Furthermore, young men obtained higher ability to work results, while women aged between 30 and 39 had the lowest quality of life indices (p = 0.027), especially in the Social
Relationships and Environment domains. This shows that preventive guidelines for the improvement of aspects linked to the Physical domain are necessary both in the workplace and outside the workplace, since this interaction exacerbates the effects on the physical aspect in both spheres.
Key words Occupational groups, Self image,
Questionnaires, World Health Organization,
Workload, Health behavior

Resumo O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar, comparativamente, a qualidade de vida e a capacidade de trabalho de trabalhadores industriais, por meio dos índices de capacidade para o trabalho e de qualidade de vida. Participaram do estudo
100 trabalhadores de um setor noturno de linha de produção. Foram aplicadas traduções