A prática do presenteísmo e suas implicações no cotidiano dos Agentes Comunitários de Saúde

Abstract

This ism is considered relatively new in the world of work and occupational health. This is a subject of current and recent interest, which can be a case of meaning and definition. In the work display, work in a fat key, focus, energy, some signal and taste of adoicing, the working has compromise the work, gerating the loss of product, in particular, must be found. This practice can also cause health problems. The objectives of the present investigation are: to analyze the relations between the working groups and the health conditions among the Community Health Agents of the Primary Health Care of the Municipality of Juiz de Fora - MG; describe the sociodemographic profile of the ACSs; to identify a prevalence of presenteeism among ACSs; have the main reasons why the ACSs should be prosecuted when they are ill; to describe an association between the present and the health conditions among the ACSs; Counseling and selection of results related to ACSs and analysis if the presentism interferes in the quality of the work of the ACSs. This is a crosssectional study of a survey entitled "Workers in Primary Health Care: Working and Living Conditions", in which 400 ACSs participated. Data collection was done through an interview interview for a one-year period of 2017. The presentism was measured by means of the Stanford Presenteism Scale Scale (SPS-6), translated version, adapted and validated for Brazilian Portuguese. The results showed that the population was composed mostly of women (91.3%), with a mean age of 46 years; 46.4% described themselves as white; 65.3% had completed high school; 96.1% are the South of Minas and Zona da Mata nations. Of the interviewees, 39.8% were in social class B2; 57.6% were married or lived in a stable union and 77.7% had children. Regarding lifestyle and health habits, 62.7% of CHWs have a high level of physical activity, 81.4% have low-risk alcohol consumption and only 10.3% report smoking. About the psychosocial effort, 32.5% were in the category of high working hours, considered more harmful to the health of the worker. Regarding the present, 58.8% of the population was related to the main reasons it was "It is not true that their will and service will accumulate" (59.1%) and "Your audience will compromise the attention ". 3%). The most evident signs and symptoms of illness were musculoskeletal (38.3%); infectious processes (25.1%); migraine / headache (19.6%); psychic and central nervous system disorders (13.2%); chronic diseases (11.5%); hormonal disturbances (2.6%); other problems and undeclared (14.5%). When analyzing the two dimensions that make up the SPS-6 scale, the finished work and the concentration, smaller scores in the finished work dimension were evidenced. Therefore, presenteeism affects the amount of work performed by agents. Regarding the sociodemographic variables, the association with sex and children was observed, with women and children having the most present. As for the occupational chains, the occurrence of occupational accidents and social combat, the association with the present and the diseases related to the habits of life and health, those who have their state of health are generally more serious than those practiced presenteism . The results show, therefore, a high prevalence of performance among ACS and that negatively interfere in the working capacity of these workers.