Quality of life of orthopedists in Mato Grosso do Sul Qualidade de Vida dos Médicos Ortopedistas do Mato Grosso do Sul

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate QOL and its implications for health care providers specialized in orthopedics. METHODS: In this quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study two questionnaires, World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) and sociodemographic, were sent to 117 orthopedic surge...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Henrique de Mello, José Carlos Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000100092
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: Evaluate QOL and its implications for health care providers specialized in orthopedics. METHODS: In this quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study two questionnaires, World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) and sociodemographic, were sent to 117 orthopedic surgeons, with 29 doctor's response. Statistical analysis was performed using three different tests: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Student t-test, and Pearson's linear correlation. The tests were applied with a reliability of 95%. RESULTS: Twenty-nine orthopedic surgeons responded to the questionnaire. The studied variables regarding domains were age and employment duration, which have a positive relationship with the environment and social relationships domains; income, which positively influences the level of independence and environment domains; and workload, which negatively influences the psychological domain. CONCLUSION: Orthopedic physicians had high scores in the WHOQOL-100 domains and, in their perception, good quality of life had higher scores compared to other professions.<br> OBJETIVO: Avaliar a QV e suas implica&#231;&#245;es nos agentes promotores de sa&#250;de especializados em ortopedia. M&#201;TODOS: Estudo quantitativo-descritivo, de corte transversal, com envio do question&#225;rio World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) e question&#225;rio sociodemogr&#225;fico a 117 ortopedistas, com resposta de 29 m&#233;dicos. Na an&#225;lise estat&#237;stica dos dados, foram aplicados tr&#234;s testes estat&#237;sticos distintos: o teste de An&#225;lise de Vari&#226;ncia (Anova); o teste t de Student e o de correla&#231;&#227;o linear de Pearson. Os testes foram aplicados com uma confiabilidade de 95%. RESULTADOS: Responderam ao question&#225;rio 29 ortopedistas, observando-se que as vari&#225;veis estudadas com rela&#231;&#227;o aos dom&#237;nios foram: idade e tempo de trabalho, onde h&#225; uma rela&#231;&#227;o positiva com os dom&#237;nios rela&#231;&#245;es sociais e ambiente; dom&#237;nio renda, que influencia positivamente nos dom&#237;nios n&#237;vel de independ&#234;ncia e ambiente; e carga hor&#225;ria de trabalho, que influencia negativamente na dimens&#227;o psicol&#243;gica. CONCLUS&#195;O: Os m&#233;dicos ortopedistas apresentaram altos escores nos dom&#237;nios do WHOQOL-100 e, em sua percep&#231;&#227;o, boa qualidade de vida, obtendo escores superiores em rela&#231;&#227;o a outras profiss&#245;es.
ISSN:0102-3616
1982-4378