A pre-post quasi-experimental study: effect of an educational intervention on the quality of life, and coping strategies of people living with HIV (PLHIV).

INTRODUCTION: The current study provides people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) the support to cope with this disease and to improve their quality of life, since their longevity has significantly increased. AIM: Investigating the effect of an educational intervention on PLHIV's strategies to cope with HIV. METHODOLOGY: Quasi-experimental, before-and-after study type, whose data were collected before and after educational intervention, was carried out with 75 PLHIV at a School Outpatient Clinic. The Brazilian version of the Ways of Coping Scale was herein used. It is a questionnaire comprising 4 disease-coping domains, namely: coping focused on problem, emotion and on seeking social support and religious practices. RESULTS: There was increased use of all coping-strategy domains after the educational intervention, as well as reduced standard deviation, and it pointed out that the recorded values were grouped closer to the mean therefore showing less variability. Coping focused on social support was the strategy mostly used after the educational intervention; it was followed by strategies focused on both emotion and problem. The least used strategy was the one focused on religion/fantasy. DISCUSSION: This study identified the need of introducing a new coping strategy focused on prejudice against patients with HIV.

Diagnosis of the risk of occupational disease among outsourced workers.

Introduction: The outsourcing of work activities has caused new and precarious working conditions, impacting the health and safety of workers, resulting in an increase in disease and accidents given the vulnerability established in the contemporary labor market. Objectives: To identify the occurrence of risk of disease resulting from work, among outsourced workers. Methods: Quantitative, observational, analytical and cross-sectional study, with application of the Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento in 187 workers of a company that supplies and manages human resources for third parties, under contract with a Federal University, located in the state of Minas Gerais. Results: The Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento obtained the following averages for the following factors: work organization, 2.9 (standard deviation = 0.6) (critical); working conditions, 2.4 (standard deviation = 0.7) (critical); physical cost, 3.9 (standard deviation = 0.6) (severe); physical damage, 2.1 (standard deviation = 1.3) (critical). Conclusions: The participating workers showed a good perception associated with the Inventory of Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento factors, resulting in diagnoses with the presence of risks of disease and accidents resulting from work.

Introdução: A terceirização das atividades laborais tem provocado novas e precárias condições de trabalho, impactando na saúde e segurança dos trabalhadores e acarretando o aumento de adoecimentos e de acidentes, dada a vulnerabilidade estabelecida no mercado de trabalho contemporâneo. Objetivos: Identificar risco de adoecimento decorrente do trabalho entre trabalhadores terceirizados. Métodos: Estudo quantitativo, observacional, analítico, transversal com aplicação do Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento a 187 trabalhadores de uma empresa de fornecimento e gestão de recursos humanos para terceiros sob contrato com uma universidade federal localizada no estado de Minas Gerais. Resultados: O Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento obteve as seguintes médias para os fatores a seguir: organização do trabalho, 2,9 (desvio-padrão = 0,6) (crítico); condições de trabalho, 2,4 (desvio-padrão = 0,7) (crítico); custo físico, 3,9 (desvio-padrão = 0,6) (grave); danos físicos, 2,1 (desvio-padrão = 1,3) (crítico). Conclusões: Os participantes apresentaram boa percepção associada aos fatores do Inventário de Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento, resultando em diagnósticos que apresentaram risco de adoecimentos e de acidentes decorrentes do trabalho.