Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Young Workers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

WelmaWildes Amorim¹  Sotero Serrate Mengue²  Danielle Souto de Medeiros³  VivianCarla Honorato dos Santos de Carvalho³  Clávdia Nicolaevna Kochergin³  Daniela Arruda Soares³  Matheus Lopes Cortes³  MárcioGalvão Oliveira³  José Andrade Louzado³  Vanessa Moraes Bezerra³  Sóstenes Mistro³  Kelle Oliveira Silva³ 

[1] Department of Natural Sciences, State University of Southwestern Bahia, Vitória da Conquista 45083900, Bahia, Brazil;Graduate Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035003, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;Multidisciplinary Health Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Vitória da Conquista 45029094, Bahia, Brazil;

关键词: quality of life;    occupational health;    categories of workers;    motor activity;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph18042153

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: This study aimed to identify the factors associated with the quality of life of young workers of a Social Work of Industry Unit. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 1270 workers. Data were collected using a digital questionnaire built on the KoBoToolbox platform that included the EUROHIS-QOL eight-item index to assess quality of life. Demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, and clinical variables were considered explanatory. The associations were analyzed using the ordinal logistic regression model at a 5% significance level. Results: Men and women had a mean quality of life of 31.1 and 29.4, respectively. Workers that rated their health as “very good” had an odds ratio of 7.4 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 5.17–10.81), and those who rated it as “good” had an odds ratio of 2.9 (95% CI = 2.31–3.77). Both these groups of workers were more likely to have higher levels of quality of life as compared to workers with “regular”, “poor”, or “very poor” self-rated health. Physically active individuals were 30% more likely to have higher levels of quality of life (odds ratio = 1.3; 95% CI = 1.08–1.65). After adjusting the model by gender, age group, marital status, socioeconomic class, self-rated health, nutritional status, and risky alcohol consumption, the odds ratio of active individuals remained stable (odds ratio = 1.3; 95% CI = 1.05–1.66). Conclusions: In the present study, self-rated health, physical activity, and gender were associated with young workers’ quality of life.

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