ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
To observe chronic pain prevalence and location, to evaluate psychosocial factors and to investigate the association between psychosocial job aspects and chronic pain.
METHODS:
Crossover study carried out with 23 professors of two schools of the city of Serrana/SP. Chronic pain prevalence, intensity, duration and anatomic location were evaluated. Job Content Questionnaire was used to evaluate psychosocial factors. Data were submitted to descriptive analysis with absolute and relative frequency measurements, Mann-Whitney test and Spearman correlation coefficient.
RESULTS:
Musculoskeletal pain was reported by 69.6% (16) of professors, with mean symptom duration of 96.13 months (SD=104.84) and mean intensity of 6.37 (SD=2.41). There has been significant association between chronic pain and sleep hours. With regard to psychosocial factors, 52.2% (12) of professors had poor job control and 52.2% (12) have referred poor social support.
CONCLUSION:
Chronic pain prevalence was high among professors and worrying psychosocial factors were observed, such as highly demanding job and poor social support.
Keywords:
Chronic pain; Education; Employees' health; Professors; Psychosocial factors
