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REVISÃO DE LITERATURARESUMO | Contexto: A capacidade para o trabalho é um conceito que envolve condições físicas, mentais e sociais, além de ser um construto subjetivo que poderá acompanhar trabalhadores em nível individual ou coletivo. Objetivos: Descrever o perfil das produções científicas sobre capacidade para o trabalho entre trabalhadores do Brasil e identificar a prevalência e os fatores associados à capacidade para o trabalho. Métodos: Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática realizada na Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde e na Scopus. Os estudos selecionados foram aqueles publicados de 1996 a 2013, tendo como população-alvo os trabalhadores do Brasil e que utilizaram o índice de capacidade para o trabalho (ICT). Resultados: As produções científicas se concentraram nas áreas da Saúde Pública e de Enfermagem, nas regiões Sudeste e Sul do país e com trabalhadores de Enfermagem e do setor de produção. A prevalência da capacidade para o trabalho inadequada (0,0 a 81,2%) variou entre as diferentes categorias profissionais. Os fatores associados à capacidade para o trabalho foram os individuais, relacionados à saúde, e aqueles referentes às condições de trabalho ambiental e organizacional. Conclusões: Com base nos resultados e considerando a capacidade para o trabalho inadequada, um agravo evitável no campo da saúde do trabalhador, são necessárias ações e estratégias nos ambientes de trabalho para prevenção e promoção da saúde dos trabalhadores brasileiros. Também são necessários maiores investimentos em pesquisas longitudinais e de intervenção com diversos grupos de trabalhadores do Brasil. Palavras-chave | saúde do trabalhador; avaliação da capacidade de trabalho; envelhecimento prematuro. ABSTRACT | Context:The ability to work involves physical, mental, and social conditions, as well as being a subjective construct that can be related to workers at the individual or collective level. Objectives: To describe the profile of scientific productions on the ability to work among Brazilian workers and to identify the prevalence and factors associated with the ability to work. Methods: This is a systematic review carried out in the Virtual Health Library and in Scopus. Studies selected were those published from 1996 to 2013, whose target population was Brazilian workers and which used the work ability index (WAI). Results: The scientific productions focused on the fields of Public Health and Nursing, in the Southeast and South regions of the country, and on workers in the Nursing and production fields. The prevalence of inadequate work abilities (0.0 to 81.2%) varied among the different professional categories. Factors associated with the ability to work were individual, health-related, and those related to environmental and organizational working conditions. Conclusions: Based on the results and considering inadequate work ability, which is an avoidable problem in the worker's health field, actions and strategies are necessary for prevention and promotion of health among Brazilian workers. Further investments are also needed i...

PrefaceThe focus on the population's work ability has changed over the years due to changes in working life, public health, population structure, culture and societal norms. Comprehensive and up-to- AbstractResearch on work ability is important from the perspective of the individual, work organisation and society. Good work ability increases wellbeing and supports employment. Knowledge on the different dimensions of work ability is necessary for regaining, maintaining and promoting work ability.The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the work ability of the Finnish population. The book is based on the extensive data of the Finnish Health 2000 Survey. The focus is on the age group of 30 to 64 years; young adults and over 64-year-olds are addressed more briefly. The number of the 30-to 64-year-old participants was 5,199.Most people of working age evaluated their work ability as good. Welleducated persons, white-collar workers and those living with families were most satisfied with their work ability whereas farmers, part-time workers and unemployed people often perceived their work ability to be limited. In all population groups work ability decreased with growing age. The oldest group of employed women, in particular, had many problems with work ability. Among young adults, the highest risks of limited work ability were unemployment, lack of sufficient basic education and mental problems.Health and work were the most important determinants of work ability. Of the diseases investigated in this study, depression and back disorders decreased the work ability of employed people the most. Yet, also among those with no long-term illnesses, limitations in work ability increased with age.Low physical work demands, support from supervisors and co-workers, control over one's work, and possibilities of development at work were related to good work ability. A suitable job seemed to ensure maintenance of work ability also among older workers.In addition to work and health also expertise, skills and attitudes defined work ability. The relation of expertise to good work ability was, however, evident only among those with a higher education, a physically light job and good health.A comparison with the data of the Mini-Finland Survey that was carried out at the end of the 1970s showed that work ability of the population had improved over a period of two decades. The simultaneous change in the population's educational level explained the decrease in work ability limitations among women and for the most part among men.

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