Produção Nacional
Capacidade para o trabalho entre trabalhadores do Brasil
2016; Volume: 14; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5327/z1679-443520165115
ISSN2447-0147
AutoresTécia Maria Santos Carneiro e Cordeiro, Tânia Maria de Araújo,
Tópico(s)Occupational Health and Safety Research
ResumoContext: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 in longitudinal and interventional studies with various groups of Brazilian workers.
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