Capacidade para o trabalho dos técnico-administrativos em educação de uma universidade pública e fatores associados

Abstract

In recent years, Brazil has experienced one of the most significant processes of aging of the active population in the world, but unlike developed countries, this process has not been accompanied by economic growth, improvement of well-being level and decreased inequalities. Because of this, it will require several changes with regard to the labor market and the profile of public policy, in order to allow the maintenance of work ability and physical and mental autonomy of workers over the years. The objective of this study is to analyze the capacity for work of public servants of a higher education institution and associated factors. We developed a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 600 technical-administrative workers in education and to measure work ability was used for the Work Ability index (WAI). The study population was predominantly composed of: males (51.5%), mean age 45 years, married or cohabitating (61.5%), with post-graduate (56.7%), which work on only one job (83.3%), with weekly hours less than or equal to 40 hours (78.6%), do not work at night (79.8%), direct contact with the public (58.3 %) and obtained ability to work predominantly good or excellent (84.7%). Multivariate analysis realized through Poisson regression and controlled for age and sex, showed that factors significantly associated with low WAI were: schooling until high school (PR = 2.04, CI95% 1.03 to 3.75), self-assessed poor general health (PR = 2.34, CI95% 1.11 to 3.27), presence of signs and symptoms of depression (PR = 4.52, CI95% 2.03 to 6.01), physical inactivity (PR = 2.90, CI95% 1.35 to 4.77), low social support at work (PR = 3.97, CI95% 1.66 to 4.45), work absenteeism due to illness by a day or more (PR = 3.82, CI95% 1.62 to 4.46) and the requirements of predominately mental work (PR = 0.54 CI95% 0.32 to 0.90). The results of the study showed that although most workers have shown good or excellent work ability, there was still a small percentage with low or moderate capacity, which indicates the need for implementation of support measures directed at them, aiming improve its capacity and prevent them from becoming unable to work over time . In addition, measures necessary directed to other workers in order to maintain their work ability, explaining to them about the harmful factors and those who collaborate with the maintenance of this condition.