Perfil de absenteísmo-doença de trabalhadores de uma prestadora de serviço na área de saúde em Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, em 2015 e 2016

Abstract

Sickness absence is a complex phenomenon whose predictors vary with the frequency and duration of periods of absence and depends on aspects such as age, working conditions and the benefits and access to medical care available. Objective - To describe the profile of sickness absence of workers from health cooperative in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso (Brazil), in 2015 and 2016. Methods - This is a quantitative, descriptive study carried out with workers from a health cooperative in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, in 2015 and 2016. Participants were those who submitted a medical sickness certificate to justify their absence from work, homologated by the occupational physician, signed by the immediate leader and the employee and registered in the company's occupational health data system. Results - About 45.4% of the company's employees presented, at least once, a medical sickness certificate as a justification for absence. Considering the duration of absenteeism, women were the most affected, as older workers, those with circulatory diseases, those who worked in the Administration section, and those whose function required lower schooling. The diseases most frequently reported in medical sickness certificate were diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, symptoms, signs and abnormal findings of clinical and laboratory tests (not elsewhere classified), and diseases of the respiratory system. Conclusion - The results of the study made it possible to identify the most vulnerable groups of workers, as well as the possible risk factors associated with these conditions, and could serve as subsidies for actions aimed at both the health of the worker and the institution.