Faltas ao trabalho por problemas de saúde na indústria

Yano, Sylvia Regina Trindade; Santana, Vilma Sousa

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2012000500013

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“…This proportion grows to more than 50% if we also consider adults that missed work to care their children with asthma. Our prevalence of work absenteeism are clearly bigger than published results from a cohort of industry employees aged 16 to 65 years old in Brazil, where the one year prevalence of work days lost to health problems was 13.5% [22]. In addition to causing absences from work when the disease is exacerbated, asthma also causes long temporary absences.…”

Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 56%

Asthma and the socio-economic reality in Brazil

Costa¹,

Bregman²,

Araújo³

et al. 2013

World Allergy Organization Journal

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BackgroundAsthma is a prevalent disease that is considered a health problem worldwide. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical and socioeconomic characteristics of a cohort of asthmatics receiving specialized outpatient treatment in a tertiary/teaching public hospital in Brazil.MethodsPersistent asthmatics older than 5 years old were consecutively included. They received clinical treatment at 3- to 4-month intervals and were interviewed 2 times at 6-month intervals over a 12-month observation period. The data were collected directly from the patients or their parents by 2 researchers who did not participate in their clinical care. The primary variables were age, gender, education level, monthly family income, place of residence, number of lost days of school or work, BMI, the severity and control level of asthma, the number of scheduled and non-scheduled visits and hospitalization days and the best peak-flow measurement.ResultsOf the 117 participants, 108 completed the study. Of the participants, 73.8% were women, and 25.0% lived outside the county. Of those who lived within the county, 60.1% lived in areas far from the health care unit. The majority (83.3%) had associated rhinitis, and more than 50.0% were overweight or obese, in whom the prevalence of severe asthma was greater (p = 0.001). The median monthly income was US$ 536.58 and was greater among the patients with controlled asthma (p = 0.005 and p = 0.01 at the start and the end of the study, respectively). In the initial evaluation, 16 participants had severe asthma, and in the final evaluation, 8 out of 21 patients with uncontrolled asthma had improved. Three-quarters of the students and half of the workers had missed days of school or work, respectively. The asthmatic population in this study had medium to low socioeconomic status in Brazil and socioeconomic status was associated with overweigth/obesity and with poor control of asthma.ConclusionAsthma has a great impact on absenteeism in Brazil. Lower monthly family income and body weight above the ideal level were associated with greater severity and worse control of asthma.

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Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 56%

Asthma and the socio-economic reality in Brazil

Costa¹,

Bregman²,

Araújo³

et al. 2013

World Allergy Organization Journal

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“…Recently, Yano and Santana [15] reported that one-year prevalence of workdays lost due to health problems affected 12.5% of Brazilian industrial workers, with 5.5% being directly attributed to work and 4.1% being aggravated by work. In results from a large survey conducted in a metropolitan area [16], 13.1% of the general population reported at least one day totally out-of-role in the month prior to the interview, with a median of 41.4 days out-of-role per year.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitude and Impact of Perceived Depression in the Workplace

Wang

Gorenstein

2014

IJERPH

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Information concerning the occurrence and consequences of depression in the workplace is scarce. This study estimates how workers perceive depression, to investigate depression-related disabilities, and management of depression in the workplace. This investigation is based on a cross-sectional web-based survey of 1,000 workers recruited from online sources. The participants were Brazilian workers, aged 16–64 years, current workers and managers, or who have worked within the past year. Subjects answered a 13-item questionnaire about depression, its related consequences in the workplace, and available resources to handle depression. Common symptoms attributable to depression were crying, loss of interest, and sadness. Almost one in five participants reported having ever been labeled by a doctor/medical professional as suffering from depression. However, the majority of ever-depressed workers (73.5%) remained working. Performance-related impairments were reported by around 60% of depressed workers who continued working. Over half of them also complained about cognitive symptoms (concentration difficulties, indecisiveness, forgetfulness). One in three workers had taken off work due to depression (mean 65.7 out-of-role days), with these periods being lengthier for men than women. Managers underestimated the number of days out-of-role (29.5 days). The findings suggested that identification and management of symptoms of depression should be set as a priority in worker’s health care.

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“…It is responsible for a large number of work losses. Absences from work due to health problems reflect incapacity to perform labor activities 2 . Absenteeism caused by oral problems is poorly studied in Brazil.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%