Dor de dente como preditor de absenteísmo em trabalhadores de uma indústria de sucos da Região Sudeste do Brasil

Abstract

The use of amphetamines in Brazil is common among truck drivers, which may be an important factor in the occurrence of traffic accidents. This article seeks to estimate the prevalence of amphetamine use among truck drivers. Drivers (N = 134) were stopped on two different highways in Sao Paulo state and they were asked to answer a questionnaire and provide a urine sample for toxicological analysis. All data were analyzed on Stata 8.0. All participants were males with low levels of schooling, whose mean age was 40.8 years. The presence of amphetamines was detected in 10.8% of all urine samples collected, being commonly justified in order to make truck drivers able to maintain their state of awareness. Amphetamine use was detected among truck drivers on Sao Paulo highways. The problem is that when the stimulant effects wear off, sleepiness due to sleep deprivation reduces concentration and good driver performance, making drivers vulnerable to traffic accidents and the related effects.

Oral Health Status of Brazilian Workers of a Textile Industry

“…In several regions of Brazil, pain of dental origin is a public health problem [18] and this occurrence significantly interferes with the daily performance of workers [7]. Therefore, the use of dental services, especially those of preventive nature, is extremely important for workers [15].…”

“…Access to oral care tends to minimize episodes of pain [19], without prejudice to work activities [18]. In addition, individuals with irregular patterns of visits to the dental service or those who only seek care due to urgency are more likely to stay away from their duties or will work with pain, maximizing the risk of work-related accidents due to lack of concentration [18]. Thus, knowing the oral health status of a working class favors the elaboration / maintenance of policies and programs aimed at their needs, thus avoiding the occurrence of absenteeism and increasing productivity.…”

“…Schooling is a variable that has shown association with oral health standard and the use of dental services [18]. Educational frailty can interfere with the importance given to health self-perception.…”

“…Educational frailty can interfere with the importance given to health self-perception. The lack of perception of one's own needs is one of the factors that may be involved in the low utilization of dental service [18,22].…”

Estudo de coorte prospectivo das características do absenteísmo na administração pública: atestação médico-odontológica na saúde do servidor

“…Já, para Miotto et al (2012), o absenteísmo encontrado por dor dentária foi de 23,4%. No entanto, noutra amostra no ano seguinte, evidenciaram uma prevalência apenas de 12,7% para o absenteísmo, também com origem na dor de dente (MIOTTO et al, 2013 A partir da premissa de que um estudo de Incidência não tem a pretensão de estabelecer causalidades, posto ser um estudo observacional, contudo possibilita a correlação entre os resultados obtidos com a exposição à variável a que se submeteu a amostra, e desta correlação uma avaliação intuitiva conclusiva.…”