Analysis of diagnoses associated to sick leave of public servants of Ceará, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: do Vale, Silvia Fernandes
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Maciel, Regina Heloisa, do Nascimento, Ana Paula Torres, Vasconcelos, José Wilson Oliveira, Pimentel, Fernando Hugo Portela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Psicologia (Fortaleza. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/psicologiaufc/article/view/1694
• topic: Medical diagnoses; Occupational diseases; Mental disorders; Work-related musculoskeletal disorders; Civil servants.; Diagnóstico médico; Doenças ocupacionais; Distúrbio mental; Distúrbio osteomusculares relacionados ao trabalho – DORT; Servidor público estadual.

Absenteeism is a complex phenomenon, which involves several factors related to work environments. This work investigates diagnoses related to sick leave among public servants of Ceará and its associations with social, demographic and employment variables. The Coordination of Medical Licenses of the State has provided the information. 26,707 sick leaves and 38,054 diagnoses associated with absences of more than four days were analyzed, computing their frequencies and associations by Chi-Square. Three groups of the ICD-10 (F, 22.5%; M, 21.1%; and Z, 12.5%) presented the highest frequencies. Gender, age and work institution presented significant differences: the diagnostics are associated with women, with working in the Secretary of Education and Military Police and with the higher age group. Mental disorders were responsible for the sick leave of teachers and police officers, predominantly. The results show the need for intervention’s action and effective changes in health policies and health promotion for civil servants.