Studies have shown there is an association of chronic diseases with working days lost, considering the impact of these pathologies on the levels of vulnerability of the individual’s health, with an increased risk of work disability. This article is part of a more comprehensive investigation on the sickness absenteeism of civil servants of the legislative branch in Brazil, with the purpose of determining the comorbidity index (CI) of the individuals and its correlation with days of absence from work. Sickness absenteeism was counted from the data of 37,690 medical leaves, from 2016 to 2109, involving 4149 civil servants. The self-administered comorbidity questionnaire (SCQ) was used to estimate the CI, based on the diseases or chronic health problems declared by the participants. The average number of working days lost per servant per year was 8.73 days, totaling 144,902 days of absence. The majority of the servants (65.5%) declared at least one chronic health condition. A significant association between the CI scores and working days lost was observed (r = 0.254, p-value < 0.01), thus showing that the CI may be an important predictor of sickness absenteeism. Chronic diseases or health problems are a characteristic of the general population, often affecting working capacity.
Este trabalho é parte de uma investigação mais ampla sobre absenteísmo-doença de servidores públicos do poder legislativo no Brasil. O objetivo do presente artigo foi avaliar e classificar os fatores de riscos psicossociais, que serão considerados na investigação do absenteísmo laboral. Fez-se uso do protocolo de avaliação dos riscos psicossociais no trabalho (PROART) no formato eletrônico, respondido por 400 servidores de três Casas Legislativas. Dos dez fatores que integram as quatro escalas do PROART, apenas o fator esgotamento mental (EM) foi percebido pelos servidores como risco de grau médio, condição que representa estado de alerta ou situação limite dos riscos psicossociais e que demanda intervenções a curto e médio prazo. O modelo de regressão linear múltipla para danos psicológicos (DP) apresentou o valor mais expressivo (R²=0,587, p-valor<0,05) o que significa que a falta de sentido no trabalho (FST), EM e falta de reconhecimento (FR) foram capazes de explicar 58,7% da variabilidade dos DP. O ambiente psicossocial, no geral, apresentou características moderadas de tensão no trabalho, porém, foi evidenciado a existência de pontos críticos com potencial significativo de ameaça à saúde mental e física dos servidores públicos.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Copyright © 2025 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.