Working ability in workers of a research institute

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Mariza Brasil de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Tupinambá, Laura Soares, Pinheiro, Helder Henrique Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/8121
• topic: Epidemiology; Occupational health; Occupational groups; Categorias de trabalhadores; Epidemiologia; Saúde do trabalhador; Capacidade para o trabalho

Current study assessed work ability (WA) and analyzed factors associated with inadequate capacity in employees of a research institute, according to their work contract. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 515 civil servants and outsourced employees of a research institution in the state of Pará, Brazil. A questionnaire with sociodemographic, functional variables and the Work Ability Index (WAI) was applied. Average WAI of the civil servant group was 40.9 and inadequate WA was 20.7%. Rates for outsourced workers were 44.3 and 5.1%, respectively. Multiple analysis of civil servants showed that only variables of gender and age remained significant. For the outsourced agents, no variable presented any statistical significance. The professional category with the highest prevalence of inadequate WAI were researchers, among civil servants; construction workers, among outsourced workers. Results show that the differences between these employees are strongly related to work contract.