Pain, health perception and sleep: impact on the quality of life of firefighters/rescue professionals

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Rafael Silva Marconato¹  Maria Ines Monteiro¹ 

关键词: Work;    Firefighters;    Rescue Work;    Quality of Life;    Occupational Health;    Nursing;    Trabalho;    Bombeiros;    Trabalho de Resgate;    Qualidade de Vida;    Saúde do Trabalhador;    Enfermagem;    Trabajo;    Bomberos;    Trabajo de Rescate;    Calidad de Vida;    Salud Laboral;    Enfermería;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.0563.2641

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective:to evaluate the quality of life of firefighters and rescue professionals, and characterize their socio-demographic, health, work and lifestyle profile.Methods:cross-sectional study that used a socio-demographic, lifestyle, health, work data questionnaire and the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life aspects, in Fire Department bases, Civil Air Patrol Group of the Military Police and Rescue Group of Emergency Services.Results:ninety professionals participated in this study - 71 firefighters, 9 nurses, 7 doctors and 3 flight crew members. The average age of the group was 36.4 ± 7.8 years; they worked about 63.7 hours per week; 20.2% reported pain in the last week and 72.7% had body mass index above 25 kg/m2. The average of the WHOQOL-BREF domains was: physical (74.6), psychological (75.2), social (76.5) and environmental (58.7). Significant association was found (Mann-Whitney test and Spearman correlation) between the WHOQOL-BREF domains and pain in the past six months, in the last week, health perception, job satisfaction, hours of sleep, domestic tasks and study.Conclusion:the main factors related to quality of life were presence of pain, health perception, sleep and domestic activity.

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