Qualidade de vida de agentes comunitários de saúde

Abstract

The Community Health Agent is an essential element in the alliance between the population and the health teams, due to their differentiated performance characterized by the greater approximation and involvement in the various issues that permeate community life. In this way, these professionals are exposed to numerous conditions in their work environment that can adversely affect their health and, consequently, their Quality of Life at Work. This study aims to evaluate and analyze the quality of life in the work of community health agents in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is a cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out from December 2017 to January 2018, with a sample of 51 community health agents who work in the municipal public network. The data were collected through self-filling instruments: a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Quality of Working Life Questionnaire. Statistical analysis of the sociodemographic questionnaire was performed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software and the other questionnaire has a unique tabulation and analysis syntax in a free spreadsheet. Concerning the sociodemographic characteristics, 90,20% of the participants are female, with a mean age of 45,26 years, married (68,63%) and with children (84,31%). The average time of profession was 10,84 years and the average time of work in the health unit was 9,5 years. Regarding the Quality of Work at Work instrument, the lowest score (49,78) was obtained, in sequence, the Psychological and Professional domains, all considered neutral, and the highest score in the Personal domain (62,98), the only domain considered satisfactory as well as the Quality of Life at Work (55,40). Therefore, it is important to carry out this research to investigate health conditions and to encourage attitudes that promote the quality of working life of this professional in view of the median values presented in the present study, as well as to promote the valorization of this professional and improve the assistance to the population. It is important to point out the need for further studies on this subject.