QUALIDADE DE VIDA E CAPACIDADE PARA O TRABALHO DE FUNCIONÁRIOS DE INDÚSTRIAS DE CERÂMICA.

Abstract

The quality of work life has been much discussed since the health started to be discussed in an integrated manner to other knowledge. The activities carried out in the ceramics industry require high physical demand. The ceramic workers deal with risks that start from the clay extraction, mineral transport to the factory, the mixing processes and rolled the clay and risks offered by the product of the firing process in the ovens. Actual job characteristics have influenced the health of workers in the several ways of working organization and management policies, disregarding the physical and mental limits of the worker, imposing on it with that the annulment of their subjectivity to ensure productivity and achievement of targets. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of work ability and quality of life (QL) of ceramics industry workers; and relate the socio-demographic and occupational profile with the quality of life and the ceramic industry work ability. This was an analytical cross-sectional study. 73 employees of the production line participated the study. It was used the Work Ability Index (WAI), the instrument of Short Assessment of World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) and a social demographic record. By the WAI instrument, it was found that 91.7% were rated as having good and excellent work ability. The quality of life had an average above 60 in all analyzed areas, being higher in social relations domain (79.11) and lower in the environmental field (60.92). It was found that the higher the monthly income of the family better quality of life in the psychological domain on the quality of life questionnaire. It was concluded that the employees showed up resilient despite the required demands and possible risks faced at work. The most had a good quality of life and are satisfied with their health and have a good work ability.