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- Title
Capacidade para o trabalho e qualidade de vida de trabalhadores industriais.
- Authors
Da Costa, Carolina Souza Neves; De Freitas, Elizabeth Garcia; De Souza Mendonça, Lorena Cristina; Alem, Michele Elizabeth Rubio; Coury, Helenice Jane Cote Gil
- 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.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; INDUSTRIAL workers; QUALITY of life; MECHANICAL ability; SELF-perception testing; PHYSICAL fitness; GUIDELINES
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 6, p1635
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1413-81232012000600026