Abstract
RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar a qualidade de vida de trabalhadores do transporte coletivo urbano, associadamente ao seu conhecimento e queixas sobre audição, zumbido e tontura. Métodos: descritivo, qualitativo e transversal. A coleta foi realizada no Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, com amostra de 26 profissionais, submetidos à versão abreviada do questionário de avaliação de qualidade de vida - WHO Quality of Life-Bref Questionnaire (WHOQOL - Bref) - e a um questionário sobre conhecimento e queixas relacionadas a audição, tontura e zumbido. Os dados foram analisados por meio do Software Statística versão 9.0, considerando um nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: a amostra caracterizou-se por 100% de indivíduos do sexo masculino, com média de idade de 38,03 anos e tempo médio de serviço de 11,29 anos; 88,46% dos sujeitos trabalhavam em contato direto com o trânsito urbano e expostos a ruídos no ambiente externo à empresa. Quanto ao perfil auditivo, 88,46% referiram ouvir bem. Quanto às queixas: 23,07% relataram zumbido e 26,92% tontura. Com relação aos hábitos de prevenção de perda auditiva, 73,07% referiram não adotar nenhuma conduta. As respostas do WHOQOL-Bref evidenciaram uma boa percepção de qualidade de vida destes sujeitos. Conclusão: os trabalhadores do transporte coletivo avaliados no presente estudo apresentaram um bom nível de qualidade de vida, consideráveis conhecimentos e limitadas queixas no que diz respeito aos temas audição, zumbido e tontura.
Highlights
Worker Health is defined as a set of practices which aim to promote, protect, recover and rehabilitate the health of workers exposed to the risks and hazards from working conditions[1]
Results: the sample was characterized by 100% of males, with a mean age of 38.03 years and mean duration of 11.29 years of service; 88.46% of the subjects worked in direct contact with urban traffic and exposed to noise in the external environment to the company
Conclusion: the workers of public transport in the present study showed a good level of quality of life, considerable knowledge and limited complaints with regard to hearing issues, tinnitus and dizziness
Summary
Worker Health is defined as a set of practices which aim to promote, protect, recover and rehabilitate the health of workers exposed to the risks and hazards from working conditions[1]. The quality of life of the worker can be considered a reflection of his health condition. Modern life has brought some changes in habits and behaviors that modified lifestyles and this change brought with it an intense increase of urban noise, which interferes with the quality of life[2]. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life as the perception that the subject has about his position in life, in relation to the culture and values in which they live and in relation to their objectives, expectations, standards and concerns[3]. Work can present a satisfactory or an unsatisfactory impact on the health of the subject, depending on conditions; it can represent dissatisfaction, suffering, decline, physical attrition and emotional stress[4]. The work of urban bus drivers is directly related to the environment in which it is performed. The systematic exposure to high sound pressure levels directly influence on his quality of life and this may be associated with the onset of signs and symptoms such as hearing loss, dizziness and tinnitus[6]
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