Prevalence of negative self-rated health and associated factors among healthcare workers in a Southeast Brazilian city. / Prevalência e fatores associados à autoavaliação negativa de saúde entre trabalhadores da rede municipal de saúde de Diamantina, Minas Gerais.

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the prevalence of negative self-rated health and associated factors among municipal health service workers in Diamantina, MG, Brazil. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional census study using Poisson regression. RESULTS: 203 health workers took part in the study, 70.9% were female, and 57.1% were up to 38 years old; prevalence of negative self-rated health was 28.6% (95%CI22.4;34.8); in the multivariate analysis, the following were associated with the outcome: being 39 years old or more (PR=1.56 - 95%CI1.01;2.40), monthly family income >3 minimum wages (PR=0.63 - 95%CI0.41;0.97), having another paid occupation (PR=0.55 - 95%CI0.34;0.89), poor sleep quality (PR=1.99 - 95%CI1.32;2.99), diagnosis of one disease (PR=2.33 - 95%CI1.13;4.81) or multiple diseases (PR=2.63 - 95%CI1.32;5.24), suffering aggression at work (PR=1.92 - 95%CI1.29;2.85), and frequent participation in domestic activities (PR=0.55 - 95%CI0.38;0.80). CONCLUSION: prevalence of negative self-rated health was high and was associated with sociodemographic, occupational, behavioral and health situation factors.

Violência no trabalho entre trabalhadores municipais do setor saúde de Diamantina, MG, 2017 / Workplace violence among municipal health care workers in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2017

Introdução: Trabalhadores do setor saúde são destaques em estudos recentes pelas proporções significativas de vivência de violência no trabalho. Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência e os fatores associados à violência entre trabalhadores da saúde. Método: Estudo de corte transversal, realizado com trabalhadores municipais de saúde. A coleta de dados ocorreu de dezembro de 2016 a março de 2017, por meio de entrevistas a trabalhadores da saúde de Diamantina (MG). Para a análise, a variável violência no trabalho foi tratada como desfecho em análises bivariada e múltiplas. Foram utilizadas técnicas de estatística descritivas e analíticas (regressão de Poisson). Resultados: Participaram da pesquisa 203 trabalhadores municipais de saúde (taxa de resposta de 79%). A prevalência de violência no trabalho foi de 40,4% no total, sendo de 47,9% entre as mulheres e de 22,0% entre os homens. Os fatores do trabalho associados à violência foram a satisfação com o trabalho, o baixo apoio e a alta demanda psicológica no trabalho. Conclusão: A prevalência evidenciada e as associações sugeridas direcionam para a necessidade de reformular e criar políticas de proteção à saúde dos trabalhadores da saúde de modo que amenize os possíveis efeitos dessa experiência na saúde do trabalhador e na qualidade do serviço prestado

Background: Health care workers stand out in recent studies as a function of high rates of workplace violence. Objective: To calculate the prevalence of workplace violence involving health care workers and associated factors. Methods: Cross-sectional study with municipal health care workers in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were collected in interviews from December 2016 through March 2017. Variable workplace violence was considered as outcome on univariate and multivariate analysis. Descriptive and analytical statistical techniques were used (Poisson regression). Results: The study population comprised 203 municipal health care workers (79% response rate). The prevalence of workplace violence was 40.4­47.9% for women and 22.0% for men. Occupational factors associated with violence were job satisfaction, support at work and psychological demands. Conclusion: The prevalence rates we found and associated factors point to the relevance of health protection policies targeting this category of workers which may contribute to mitigate the negative effects of violence on the health of workers and consequently on the quality of care delivery