Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho最新文献

{"title":"Burnout syndrome and coping strategies among professors in the health area.","authors":"Gilvana Maria Vieira Xavier, Claudio José Dos Santos Júnior, Mara Cristina Ribeiro, Geraldo Magella Teixeira","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1175","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1175","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Burnout syndrome is a condition resulting from chronic exposure to interpersonal stressors in the workplace. Faculty in the health field are particularly susceptible to burnout syndrome due to frequent emotional stress.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify an association between the dimensions of burnout syndrome and the coping strategies these faculty have adopted.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 with 164 faculty from a public university. The Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Brief-Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced were used. The analysis included descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation, using SPSS 16.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Emotional exhaustion was high for 54.88% of the sample. Depersonalization scored high for 97.57% of the participants, whereas personal accomplishment was high for 100%. These results are no indication of burnout syndrome, which requires high scores for emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and low scores for personal accomplishment. Active coping, planning, and positive reframing were the most used strategies, which are aimed at solving problems and are considered protective against this condition. Denial, behavioral disengagement, and substance use, which are focused on avoidance and emotion, with potentially negative effects, were the least used. The correlations between the dimensions of burnout syndrome and the coping factors were weak or very weak.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although burnout syndrome was not identified, the sample was at a high risk of becoming ill due to emotional exhaustion. The correlations between the dimensions of burnout syndrome and the coping factors were weak.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20241175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595380/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exposure to musculoskeletal and psychosocial risks in SME workers, Antofagasta, Chile, 2021-2022.","authors":"Guido Solari Montenegro, Monserrat Rivera Iratchet, Alejandra Velasco Mur, Milena Álvarez Andrade, Karin Orellana Urra, Paola Gómez Inostroza","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1119","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In Chile, small and medium-sized enterprises employ approximately 5,000,000 workers, of whom only 10% are formally protected from accidents and occupational diseases, and there is little information on their exposure to occupational hazards and demographic characteristics.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify some occupational musculoskeletal and psychosocial risks and sociodemographic characteristics in small and medium-sized enterprises workers in the region of Antofagasta, Chile.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a descriptive and exploratory design, their sociodemographic characteristics and the jobs of a sample of 273 workers were evaluated to determine the risks due to manual handling of loads, work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, and psychosocial factors. A sociodemographic survey, the technical guide of the Ministry of Labor, the technical standard and checklist of the Ministry of Health, and the Superintendencia de Seguridad Social/Instituto Sindical de Trabajo, Ambiente y Salud questionnaire of the Superintendency of Social Security were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 23% of workers presented normal body mass index, 11.7% were at risk for manual handling of loads, and 16.9% at risk for work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders. The greatest prevalence of psychosocial risk was observed in the double presence dimension (46.89%). A relationship was only found between psychological demands and compensation dimensions and the job positions and between psychological demands and economic activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Risk for manual handling of loads and work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders was found in mining service companies, in men with technical and blue-collar positions, and in those with high psychosocial risk in the double presence dimension. An association was identified between two psychosocial dimensions with the workers' positions and the economic activity of their company.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595398/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food consumption of workers in an information technology company: randomized clinical study.","authors":"Diana Souza Santos Vaz, Anne Cristine Rumiato, Inês Monteiro","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1187","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The structure of the workplace, work relationships, accessibility and quality of food and time for meals reflect on individuals' eating habits.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Analyze the changes in the diet of workers in relation to the consumption of calories, macronutrients and micronutrients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Longitudinal study, lasting 8 months, randomized and descriptive clinical trial, with 95 information technology workers in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo. The workers were divided into two groups based on a draw, the intervention group participated in monthly meetings and received messages via WhatsApp^® forwarded weekly, and the control group participated in two meetings. In the nutritional evaluation, the measurements of weight, height, waist circumference and skin folds were bicipital, tricipital, suprailiac and subscapular; they also responded to the 24-hour recall in which the consumption of macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and lipids), micronutrients (vitamins A and C, calcium and selenium), calories and fiber was measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It was observed that there was a significant difference between the final and start consumption of protein (p = 0.0008), carbohydrate (p = 0.0053) and calcium (p = 0.0197) in the control and selenium group (p = 0.0049) of the intervention group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There were no significant changes in diet and in the reduction of body measures. The environment, time of intervention and frequency of individual consultations need to be reviewed for future studies, in order to improve commitment, make participation more active, for interventions to be effective.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Core competencies in occupational medicine from the perspective of the different fields of professional activity.","authors":"Rodolfo Miguel Alves Carniato, Marcia Cristina Bandini, Sérgio Roberto de Lucca, Valmir Antonio Zulian de Azevedo","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Occupational physicians are expected to be ethical, technical, and humanistic professionals, working to promote and prevent work-related illnesses and to preserve worker's health. The Competências Essenciais Requeridas para o Exercício da Medicina do Trabalho (Core Competencies Required for the Practice of Occupational Medicine) guidelines should be a reference in their professional practice. This article aimed to analyze whether the domains currently proposed in the competencies of the specialty are reflected in the professional practice of those interviewed. This is a qualitative study including 12 interviews with occupational physicians in different fields. The narratives were recorded and the content was categorized according to the competencies matrix of the specialty. The analysis of the speeches showed that all the participants addressed the five domains of the Competências Essenciais Requeridas para o Exercício da Medicina do Trabalho. The interviewees stressed the positive and critical aspects of training and professional practice and the need for constant learning updates. According to the interviewees, the competencies are suitable for the various fields of work in occupational medicine. Special attention should be paid to ethical and moral dilemmas, which are a permanent challenge for occupational physicians who deal with conflicting interests between employers and workers on a daily basis.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595391/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quality of professional life of intensive care unit workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Regina Claudia da Silva Souza, Mariana Davies Ribeiro Bersaneti, Ana Lúcia Siqueira Costa Calache","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1232","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1232","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Intensive care environment poses daily challenges to health workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, intensive care unit staff experienced significant levels of secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Although they find satisfaction in their work, repeated exposure to the suffering caused by patients' severe conditions exposes them to a high risk of compassion fatigue.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic and professional variables and the professional quality of life represented by compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-complexity hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to September 2020 in an intensive care unit of a Brazilian hospital. Participants were 89 health care workers who completed a questionnaire via the Research Electronic Data Capture platform, consisting of sociodemographic data and the Professional Quality of Life instrument. Professionals who were on leave for more than 2 months, enrolled in residency programs, or in leadership positions were excluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress were characterized as moderate, affecting 98.9%, 69.7%, and 59.5% of the sample, respectively. No sociodemographic variable was associated with professional quality of life.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Workers showed moderate levels of compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout. No association was found between sociodemographic variables and professional quality of life. Understanding such issues among workers is crucial for the implementation of mental health promotion interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595377/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142739661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Work-related musculoskeletal symptoms among public municipal elementary school teachers in Cuiabá, Brazil.","authors":"Fabiola da Cruz Teles, Mariano Martínez Espinosa, Ediálida Costa Santos, Rita Adriana Gomes de-Souza, Ana Paula Muraro, Ronilson Ferreira Freitas","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1131","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The demands and conditions of work can lead to development of a range of health conditions, including repetitive stress injuries and work-related musculoskeletal disorders.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and the working conditions of primary school teachers working for the public municipal education system in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted with teachers working for the public municipal education system in the capital of Mato Grosso state. The sample comprised 326 teachers. Data were collected using the Vocal Production Condition - Teacher instrument and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the sample was 43.01 years and teachers were predominantly female (87.12%), were married or in a stable relationship (62.70%), had postgraduate qualifications (73.93%), worked at one school only (58.95%), and stated that the pace of their working routine was sometimes stressful (59.01%), that they always took work home with them (57.45%), and that there was sometimes stress at work (54.92%), and reported presence of musculoskeletal symptoms during the last 12 months (76.74%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The highest prevalence rates of musculoskeletal symptoms were observed among married women, those with postgraduate qualifications, those who worked at one school only, and those who had a stressful working routine. It was therefore concluded that mapping working conditions could provide a foundation for reducing the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms and improving the health of this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595378/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychological distress among public and private healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Giovanna Costa Guimarães, Gabrielle Silva Pereira, Helen Cristina Neves Trindade Rodrigues Dos Santos, Elaine Cristine da Conceição Vianna, Thaís Alencar Linhares Peixoto, João Silvestre Silva-Junior, Cristiane Helena Gallasch","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1227","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Healthcare workers in both the public and private systems were on the front line of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence, they faced uncertainty, heavy demand, excessive working hours, and the fear of contracting the virus.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the occurrence of psychological distress among public and private healthcare workers at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An observational, quantitative study was conducted from April to June of 2020, enrolling workers who had cared for suspected and confirmed cases of covid-19 in Brazil. Psychological distress was assessed using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20. Associations between the outcome and independent variables were analyzed using the chi-square test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Majorities of the 400 healthcare workers studied were nursing professionals (69.8%), worked in the Southeast region of Brazil (69.5%), were affiliated to a public healthcare institution (71.8%), and had a mean working week of 45.81 hours. The rate of psychological distress in the sample was 56.8%. There was no statistically significant association between the outcome and the type of organization (public/private). There were associations between psychological distress and professional category and between psychological distress and prior comorbidities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There was evidence of impact on mental wellbeing irrespective of care level or setting. Psychological distress was one of the greatest challenges faced by the healthcare workers during the pandemic, irrespective of the type of institution, and was a phenomenon of relevance to occupational health in general during the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20241227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595382/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cortisol, testosterone and psychosocial responses in the assessment of stress in police officers: a brief systematic review of the literature.","authors":"Maria Rosário Abrantes, Raquel Barreto Madeira, Luís Fernandes Monteiro, Catarina N Matias, Luís Miguel Massuça","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1153","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1153","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the nature of their profession, police officers cannot limit their exposure to stress and trauma, and the endocrine system plays a vital role in regulating and preparing the human body. This study aims to identify studies that have studied the behavior of the hormones cortisol and testosterone in their relationship with the physical and psychological performance of police officers and/or in a training/simulation scenario. The systematic review, limited from 2011 to 2022, was carried out according to the PICO and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses research strategy, considering seven articles for the critical analysis (classified based on the modified Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale). Of the seven articles considered, (i) five studies are observational, and two are experimental; (ii) 1,475 police officers participated; (iii) three studies evaluated only male participants, and four studies evaluated both sexes; (iv) most studies include salivary collections for hormonal evaluation and questionnaires for behavioral analysis and psychosocial stress; (v) a study analyses salivary collections for hormonal evaluation in response to decision-making tasks; and (vi) a study analyses blood collections for hormonal evaluation. Although studies with proven validity in the association between the hormones cortisol and testosterone and physiological and psychological are scarce, the scientific evidence is consistent and points to these endocrine markers as reliable in quantifying stress levels and performance of police function.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595384/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of a worksite labor gymnastics program on novice and experienced workers.","authors":"Jonhatan Norte Magno da Silva, Lucas Gomes Miranda Bispo, Carla Mirela Souza Silva, Wilza Karla Dos Santos Leite, Elamara Marama Araujo Vieira, Tânia Daniela Felgueiras de Miranda Lima","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1242","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2024-1242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Worksite labor gymnastics programs are interventions that can positively affect industrial workers. Studies show that experienced and novice workers perceive their working conditions differently. Our premise is that labor gymnastics programs affect these two groups diversely.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of an labor gymnastics program for experienced and novice industrial workers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Novice (476) and experienced (489) workers working for a footwear factory located in Northeastern Brazil participated in an labor gymnastics program for 5 months (October 2019 to February 2020). The variables musculoskeletal pain relief improved interpersonal relationships, willingness to work, psychophysiological well-being, and perceived difficulties in performing occupational tasks were assessed. Data were analyzed using an ordinal logistic regression model. The odds ratio modeled the relationship between the labor gymnastics program and the variables<b>. Results:</b> Experienced workers were six times more likely to report psychophysiological well-being, and novice workers were twice as likely to report improved interpersonal relationships. The benefits of the labor gymnastics program were different for experienced and novice workers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although both groups can experience musculoskeletal pain relief, novice workers reported more commonly the variable improved interpersonal relationships, while experienced workers reported psychophysiological well-being. These findings help us better understand the outcomes of labor gymnastics programs according to length of service of industrial workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20241242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595392/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of work-related physical and psychosocial risks factors: a cross-sectional study of social welfare workers in Brazil.","authors":"Mariana Ferreira Justino, Viviane Gontijo Augusto, Iranise Moro Pereira Jorge, Lígia Prado Maríngolo, Lívia Maria Roncoleta, Fabiana Caetano Martins Silva E Dutra","doi":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1150","DOIUrl":"10.47626/1679-4435-2023-1150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In Brazil, social service employees are exposed to poor work conditions, mental strain, and there is a lack of workforce, which contributes for the accumulation of tasks and to work overload.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To describe the prevalence of socioeconomic and occupational characteristics, working conditions and self-reported health of social service employees; and verify the relationship between working conditions and the workers self-reported health.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The cross-sectional study evaluated sociodemographic and occupational characteristics, lifestyle and health information of social service employees; and used the Working Environment Assessment Protocol to assess their working conditions. The data was analyzed descriptively and by the chi-square test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 41 employees participated in this study, which corresponds to 60.3% of the total number of social service employees in the city. The majority was female (65.9%), aged 40.72 (standard deviation = 14.83), more than 8 years of schooling (82.9%), and occupying higher level functions (psychologists and social workers). Regarding health characteristics, 56.1% of participants practiced physical activities; 70.7% evaluated their own health as good or very good; and 43.9% related musculoskeletal pain. Not having a dining room; and temperature, ventilation, equipment, material resources and furniture were the most reported working conditions as inadequate. There was also an association between episodes of aggression and insecurity with self-perception of health.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results suggest that there could be a relationship between precarious working conditions and health. Specifically, this study indicated an association between poor working conditions and negative self-perception of health, insecurity and episodes of violence at work.</p>","PeriodicalId":38694,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho","volume":"22 3","pages":"e20231150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11595385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}