Riscos de adoecimento e qualidade de vida dos profissionais atuantes na área da reabilitação de um hospital-escola em um município do interior do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life and risks of sickness of Physical Therapy, Speech and Hearing Therapy and Occupational Therapy workers of a school hospital in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. Method: This study is characterized as quantitative, descriptive. Results: The Hospital Escola has 38 physiotherapists, 11 speech therapists and 3 occupational therapists. A total of 52 professionals from the rehabilitation area participated in this study. Twenty-four professionals participated in this study, of which 18 (75%) are physical therapists, 4 %) are speech therapists and 2 (8.4%) are Occupational Therapists. It was observed the prevalence of female professionals (22 [91.6%]), the average age of the participants was 34.1 years, when schooling, it can be observed that 11 (45%) participants had undergraduate , the majority of participants were celetistas (23 [95.8%]). As to leave 10 (41.6%) of the professionals moved away; 10 (41.6%) suffered some type of work accident; and 13 (54.1%) had some type of musculoskeletal disease. When the Quality of Life evaluation can be observed, the average was 70.2, and the domains that presented the lowest average were the physical (60.2) and the environmental (67.5). Final Considerations: Therefore, it is possible to understand the possible risks of illness of rehabilitation professionals, as well as to understand their interference in the quality of life of professionals.