Atividade física e a qualidade de vida de agentes comunitários de saúde

Abstract

The Basic Health Units are responsible for the development of Primary Health Care actions, carried out by a group of workers from different professional categories, among which we highlight the Community Health Agents, who are responsible for creating, expanding and sustaining the linking this multiprofessional team with the community. In the development of their labor process they are exposed to daily tensions and conflicts, which need to be worked and administered so that they do not negatively influence life and work, generating physical and mental wear and tear, putting at risk their health and quality of life. Thus, achieving an adequate quality of life depends on the presence of some factors, among them physical health and good mobility. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between the level of physical activity and quality of life of the Community Health Agents of a municipality in the Zona da Mata Mineira. This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study carried out with 400 Community Health Agents. The collection took place in two periods: from July to October of 2015 and from October of 2016 to February of 2017. For the collection was used the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-bref and the characterization of the sample was used the sociodemographic questionnaire. Univariate and bivariate analyzes of the data were performed. The results pointed to the predominance of female subjects (91.21%), aged between 40 and 59 years (59.80%), non-whites (53.77%), married (57.54%), (77.64%), with full secondary education (75.41%), Catholic (58.99%) and middle class (76.34%). Most had a self-rated quality of life and positive self-perception of health. As to the classification of the level of physical activity, the majority have a high level (62.72%), followed by moderate (27.71%) and low (9.57%). In the bivariate analysis, a significant p-value (<0.05) was observed only when the variables of education and level of physical activity were related. The study showed that the majority of Community Health Agents have good average scores on quality of life and have high or moderate level of physical activity. Therefore, results that can be considered as positive for the health of this professional category.