A autoconfrontação com o próprio tempo como perspectiva analítica no estudo das relações entre o tempo e a saúde

Abstract

Sociological studies point out a malaise resulting from the use of time in contemporary societies. The present study aimed at developing a device that combines a quantitative instrument on the use of time, with a qualitative interview technique, seeking to reveal possible relations between time and health. A field research was conducted with nurses of a hospital in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. The subjects registered the length of time activities took to be carried out during an entire week in an activity notebook adapted from time use diaries. Interviews were inspired in self-confrontation, as workers observed a coloured image that describes time taken from the register of activities. The device allowed investigate how workers perceive this time and how they relate it to health, considered in an ample sense. Among the issues brought up by the group as source of discomfort and physical malaise, are the overcharge of professional work and acknowledgement of too much time for the others that are linked to too little time for oneself with a strong component in gender relations. The strength of this device as investigative path of relations of time and health indicates its adequacy in studies with other groups of workers.

Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

“…For the authors 35 , dealing with various constraints during free time is another obstacle to women's leisure. These results, which affect the "free" character of time, corroborate Pereira et al 36 regarding too much time for the others linked to too little time for oneself.…”

Migração de demandas entre as esferas público-privadas sob a ótica das relações de gênero: um estudo com enfermeiras e enfermeiros

“…The study was based on Time-Use Surveys, which seek to evaluate the distribution of times and the different ways of each one to organize the various daily activities 11,[20][21][22] . Based on this reference, the research developed a two-steps device 23,24 . The first was based on an instrument that sought to record the times and activities carried out in the daily life (Activity Log).…”

“…The second step composing the device was through self-confronting interviews 25 , allowing the participants moments to face the compilation of their own time 23,24 . This stage began with the presentation of an image elaborated by the field researcher using the records of the book.…”