Indicators of sickness absence among public servants submitted to medical examinations at a federal university in western Pará, Brazil
Description
Absenteeism due to sickness is characterized by the absence of the worker from their work activities due to health conditions that compromise their ability to perform their duties. This observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study aimed to identify the indicators of absenteeism due to sickness and accidents at work among public servants of a federal university located in the west of the state of Pará, Brazil. For this, data on sick leave granted by the medical experts of the Integrated Subsystem of Health Care of the Public Servants – Tapajós (SIASS Tapajós) were analyzed, in the period from January 2019 to December 2023. The prevalence of absenteeism due to sickness was 10.53% in the period studied. The frequency index was 16.73%, and the duration of absenteeism reached 52.62 days, with an average of 33.12 days per absence. The evaluation of absenteeism rates highlighted a higher prevalence among women, administrative technicians in education and public servants in the age group of 31 to 40 years. Accidents at work in the analyzed period affected 9 public servants, totaling 124 days, which corresponds to 0.41% of the total number of days of absence related to health. The prevalence of absenteeism due to accidents at work was 0.17%, with an average duration of 13.78 days. The variations identified in the indices for the years 2020 and 2021 suggest a possible relationship with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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To obtain the indicators of the data on absenteeism, the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Absenteeism of the International Society for Occupational Health (Permanent Commission and International Association on Occupational Health. Sub-committee on Absenteeism, 1973) were followed considering the following criteria: number of sick leave absences, number of public servants on sick leave and workdays lost due to sick leave. To achieve the results, the following formulas were used, which were calculated using Microsoft Excel®: Prevalence of absenteeism due to sickness (PAI) = (number of public servants on sick leave in the year/total public servants in the year) x 100 Frequency of sick leave index (FSLI) = (number of sick leaves granted in the year/total number of public servants for the year) x 100 Duration of sick leave (DSL) = number of days lost in the year/number of public servants on sick leave in the year Average duration of sick leave (ADSL) = number of days lost in the year/number of public servants on sick leave in the year
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Oeste do Para