Quality of life of workers who underwent work adjustments and adaptations in a public state university

ABSTRACT

Objective  Assess the quality of life of workers who underwent work adjustments and adaptations in a public state university.

Methods  This was a cross-sectional study carried out with 92 employees from a public state university. Data were collected from November 2012 to May 2013 using a population characterization questionnaire and the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form, and then underwent a univariate and bivariate analysis through the Mann-Whitney test.

Results  The two domains that obtained the best scores were social function and emotional performance, whereas the ones with the worst scores were physical performance and body pain. Most workers did not note changes in their health status in the last year.

Conclusions  The quality of life scores, in general, were not high, especially in physical aspects. Therefore, measures need to be implemented to evaluate the effectiveness of work adjustments and adaptations, in order to improve occupational health.

Workers; Occupational health; Work adaptation; Quality of life; Nursing