Absenteísmo odontológico em uma empresa de energia

• Autor(a) principal: Hespanhol, Katia Zanon
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/8807
• topic: Absence; Odonthologic absence; Odonthologic indicators; Absenteísmo; Absenteísmo odontológico; Indicadores de absenteísmo; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA

According to WHO (World Health Organization), population surveys on oral health are used to gather information on oral health conditions and on needs for treatment of that population and, consequently, to monitor changes over time in the levels and patterns of disease . (WHO,1999). This study has the objective of analyzing the absence of odonthologic causes through specific indicators. It also points to the main causes and the possible associations between the lost number of days and other covariables. The data used were obtained from corporative databases from the Operational Units of an Energy company, and they focus on the period from 2003 up to 2004. As outcomes, the following indicators will be used: The rate of frequency, the rate of Severity and the rate of frequency per person and the number of odonthological absencee. The average time of odontologic assistance will also be estimated in the operational units and the following variables will be analyzed as confounders: gender, age, position, years in school, time in the company, number of absent days and region. When above mentioned indicators and variables were analyzed, it was shown that the Odonthologic Anbsencee index varied from 1.46% to 4.72% (2003), and from 1,85% to 5,23% (2004), in the diverse operational units. When time in the company was concerned, the employee who had from 16 to 20 years of work were those who had proportionally higher odonthologic absencee (47.1% in 2003 and 37% in 2004). When gender was analyzed, 81.5% of cases in 2003 and 77.6% in 2004 were male. In relation to age group, those in the group from 40 to 49 years gathered more than 50% of odothologic absencee in both years studied. When educational level was considered, the majority did not have university degree, corresponding to 75.6% in 2003 and 79.4% in 2004. It was also observed that the majority of odonthologic absencee committed production operators, this proportion varying from 34.5% in 2003 and 31.5% in 2004. In geographic terms, the highest proportion were from North/Northeast region, corresponding to 87.4% in 2003 and 84.2% in 2004. The main etiologic conditions were: diseases of teeth and supporting structures, varying from 29.4% in 2003 and 26.7% in 2004 and gingivitis and periodontal diseases, varying from 23.5% in 2003 and 29.1% in 2004. In bivariated analysis, the only variable that presented statistical differences when associated to number of absent days was the geographic location of the operational unit. Althogh the majority of odonthologic absencees were from the North/Northeast region, the absencees with longer duration were from the South/Southeast region. The results showed that odonthologic absencee had proportionally low impact in relation to total absencee (average proportion of 2,66% in 2003 and 3,12% in 2004). One possible explanation for the low indices and indicators is the adoption of a series of preventive odonthologic actions in the company. Among these it could be stressed the demand for periodic odonthologic examination since 2002. It is recommended the monitoring of the odonthologic indicators studied to obtain an updated epidemiologic picture of odonthologic diseases and to direct future promotion actions in an oral health program in the company.