Multimorbidade em trabalhadores açougueiros feirantes

Abstract

Objetivo: analisar os fatores associados à presença de multimorbidade em açougueiros informais de um mercado municipal. Métodos: estudo censitário, de corte transversal, baseado em dados das características sociodemográficas, ocupacionais, de estilo de vida e das doenças e agravos dos trabalhadores açougueiros de um Mercado Municipal. Os dados foram analisados, por meio do Epi Info versão 7.0, com cálculos de razão de prevalência e teste do qui-quadrado e exato de Fisher, adotando-se valor de p

Prevalência de multimorbidade e fatores associados em trabalhadores de uma instituição de ensino superior

“…It is known that working conditions and work processes in which individuals are inserted can impact their health. 13 In relation to the work developed by most subjects of this study, although it is not considered as an analysis variable, according to previous studies with professionals from higher education institutions, it can be inferred that they are considered passive jobs, 14 defined by presenting low control and low psychological demand. 15 A study carried out with a similar public in a federal educational institution found that 34.6% of employees were in passive work, and the authors suggest that this type of work activity has the potential to generate loss of skills and interest in work.…”

“…16 Medical consultation frequency and being followed up by some BHU revealed to be more frequent among workers with multimorbidity, which coincides with the literature that demonstrates an increase in the chance of multimorbid patients using health services. 13 In addition to this, it was possible to observe in a cross-sectional investigation that 43.3% of respondents who had multimorbidity reported having attended consultations in a period of less than one year, 9 demonstrating that the use of health is recurrent in individuals who have some disease.…”

“…The prevalence of multimorbidity found among university agents at the institution (53%) was similar to that found in a cross-sectional study carried out with technical-administrative employees of a college in Rio de Janeiro, where 51.1% of women and 34.7% of men had multimorbidity. 11 Still, in cross-sectional census surveys carried out with workers from a municipal health network and fairgrounds, it was found that 42.3% 12 and 48.5%, 13 respectively, were multimorbid.…”

“…In the present study, advancing age can significantly increase the chances of having multimorbidity, in line with national and international literature. 1,3,13 It should be noted that the transition from adult to older adult represents the most critical phase for the simultaneous occurrence of chronic diseases. 18 As observed in the findings of this study, there are significant increases in the odds ratio of the individual having multimorbidity from the age of 40 onwards.…”