Occupational stress and work engagement among military police officers

Santos, Fernando Braga dos; Lourenção, Luciano Garcia; Vieira, Evellym; Ximenes Neto, Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães; Oliveira, Adriane Maria Netto de; Oliveira, Jacqueline Flores de; Borges, Márcio Andrade; Arroyo, Thiago Roberto

doi:10.1590/1413-812320212612.14782021

Fernando Braga dos Santos

Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-2521

Luciano Garcia Lourenção

Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-4702

Evellym Vieira

Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1818-6846

Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães Ximenes Neto

Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú - UVA. Sobral Ceará Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-9990

Adriane Maria Netto de Oliveira

Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-423X

Jacqueline Flores de Oliveira

Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-3881

Márcio Andrade Borges

Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Rua General Osório s/nº 4º piso sala 10, Centro. 96201-900 Rio Grande RS Brasil. lucianolourencao.enf@gmail.com

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-2597

Thiago Roberto Arroyo

Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto São Paulo Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3759-4346

Collaborations

FB Santos, LG Lourenção, and E Vieira contributed to the design and preparation of the project, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, writing, and final approval of the paper. FRG Ximenes Neto, AMN Oliveira, JF Oliveira, MA Borges, and TR Arroyo contributed to the writing and final approval of the paper.

Chief editors:

Romeu Gomes, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva

Variables	Categories	n	%
Gender	Male	227	84.7
Gender	Female	41	15.3
Age group (years)	21-30	111	41.4
	31-40	125	46.6
	41-50	32	11.9
Schooling	High School	73	27.2
	Incomplete Higher Education	121	45.1
	Higher Education	71	26.5
	Did not answer	3	1.1
Marital status	Married	181	67.6
	Single	70	26.1
	Separated	14	5.2
	Widower	3	1.1
Rank	Soldier	221	82.8
	Corporal	15	5.6
	Sergeant	13	4.9
	Second Lieutenant	2	0.7
	Aspiring Officer	5	1.9
	First Lieutenant	7	2.6
	Captain	3	1.1
	Major	1	0.4
Function	Administrative	80	29.9
Function	Operational	188	70.1
Working day	Six hours	8	3.0
	Eight hours	80	29.9
	24 x 48 hours	137	51.1
	Other *	42	15.7
	Did not answer	1	0.4
Work shifts	Morning and Afternoon	62	23.1
	Afternoon and Night	11	4.1
	Shifts **	194	72.4
	Did not answer	1	0.4
Seniority (years)	≤ 3	59	22.0
	3-10	146	54.5
	10-20	33	12.3
	> 20	30	11.2
Other paid work	Yes	25	9.4
Other paid work	No	242	90.6
Physical activity	Yes	199	74.5
Physical activity	No	68	25.5
Disciplinary Transgression	Yes	130	48.5
Disciplinary Transgression	No	138	51.5
Problem compromising the QoL	Yes	90	33.6
	No	176	65.7
	Did not answer	2	0.7

Itens da EET	Média (±dp)
Q1 - The way tasks are distributed in my area has made me nervous	2.7 (±1.1)
Q2 - The kind of control that exists in my work annoys me	2.7 (±1.1)
Q3 - The lack of autonomy in implementing my work has been exhausting	2.6 (±1.1)
Q4 - I have been uncomfortable with my superior's lack of confidence in my work	2.2 (±1.2)
Q5 - I am irritated by the lack of disclosure of information about organizational decisions	2.7 (±1.2)
Q6 - I feel uncomfortable with the lack of information about my tasks at work.	2.4 (±1.1)
Q7 - The lack of communication between my coworkers and me makes me angry	2.1 (±1.0)
Q8 - I feel annoyed that my superior mistreats me in front of coworkers	2.3 (±1.4)
Q9 - I feel uncomfortable having to perform tasks that exceed my capacity	2.4 (±1.2)
Q10 - I get in a bad mood for having to work for many hours at a time	3.0 (±1.4)
Q11 - I feel uncomfortable with the communication between my superior and me	2.3 (±1.2)
Q12 - I get irritated with discrimination/favoritism in my work environment	3.1 (±1.4)
Q13 - I have been uncomfortable with the deficient professional training	3.4 (±1.2)
Q14 - I get in a bad mood because I feel isolated in the organization	2.1 (±1.1)
Q15 - I get annoyed at being undervalued by my superiors	2.7 (±1.2)
Q16 - The few prospects for career growth have left me anguished	3.7 (±1.3)
Q17 - I have been bothered by working on tasks below my skill level	2.4 (±1.2)
Q18 - The competition in my work environment has put me in a bad mood	2.0 (±1.0)
Q19 - The lack of understanding of what my responsibilities are in this work has caused irritation	2.3 (±1.1)
Q20 - I have been nervous about my superior giving me contradictory orders	2.2 (±1.1)
Q21 - I feel irritated that my superior is covering up my well-done job in front of other people	2.2 (±1.1)
Q22 - Insufficient time to carry out my workload makes me nervous	2.2 (±1.1)
Q23 - I am annoyed that my superior prevents me from taking on significant responsibilities.	2.1 (±1.0)

UWES Dimensions	Cronbach’s Alpha	Md	Mean±SD	95% CI	Interpretation	p-value*
Vigor	0.877	4.0	3.8±1.2	3.6 - 3.9	Medium	<0.001
Dedication	0.893	4.0	4.1±1.3	3.9 - 4.2	High
Absorption	0.790	3.0	3.3±1.2	3.2 - 3.5	Medium
Overall score	0.940	4.0	3.7±1.2	3.6 - 3.8	Medium

Categories	Occupational Stress	P-value
Vigor	-0.422^*	<0.001
Dedication	-0.414^**	<0.001
Absorption	-0.284^**	<0.001
Overall score	-0.393^**	<0.001

[1] Collaborations

FB Santos, LG Lourenção, and E Vieira contributed to the design and preparation of the project, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, writing, and final approval of the paper. FRG Ximenes Neto, AMN Oliveira, JF Oliveira, MA Borges, and TR Arroyo contributed to the writing and final approval of the paper.

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Occupational stress and work engagement among military police officers

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