Associação entre a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal e a capacidade para o trabalho de técnicos-administrativos em educação

Abstract

The loss of work capacity is directly related to oral health and determinants of the health-disease process, implying the profile of the workers, the epidemiological framework and the health practices aimed at the worker. The objective of the present study was to associate quality of life related to oral health with the work capacity of technical-administrative in education of a higher education institution of Minas Gerais. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 833 technical-administrative staff in education at a Brazilian higher education institution. Identification, socioeconomic and demographic data, habits of oral hygiene and morbidity in oral health were collected. The impact of oral health on quality of life was assessed by the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) and the ability to work by the Work Capability Index (WAI). Data were analyzed by the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test for up to two dichotomous variables. The correlation between oral health self-perception and WAI was established by Spearman's correlation coefficient. The level of statistical significance was 5%. The results indicate that 83% of respondents had good or good ability to work. Positive and significant correlation of self-perception of oral health with self-perception of general health (p <0.001) and negative correlation with WAI (p = 0.026). After regression analysis, total WAI remained significant for the physical pain domain. It was concluded that the ability to work affected the perception of the impact of pain on oral health conditions and that sociodemographic and self-perception conditions influenced OHIP.