Revista Enfermagem Digital Cuidado e Promoção da Saúde (May 2022)

Sickness absenteeism in military police battalion

  • Evelyn Maria Braga Quirino,
  • Isabel Cristina Oliveira Sobral,
  • José Cristóvam Martins Vieira,
  • Maria da Conceição Cavalcanti de Lira,
  • Bianca Leal Bezerra,
  • Ana Beatriz Alves de Lima,
  • Thaís de Souza Maia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/2446-5682.20190016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 99 – 104

Abstract

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Objective: To investigate the main causes of absenteeism in military police officers stationed in a Military Police Battalion. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative approach study conducted in the archive of the Personal Section of a Military Police Battalion from Pernambuco. Data were collected from medical certificates in individual files of military police officers from 2009 to 2013 and analyzed according to the following variables: gender, age, length of service, rank or patents, activity, sick leave, number of days away and the International Classification of Diseases. Results: The sample included 599 military police officers of all ranks and patents. There was a prevalence of absenteeism in male police officers, aged 30-34 years and mostly soldiers, predominantly musculoskeletal diseases. Conclusion: This study showed the variables that characterize absenteeism and its recurrence among military police officers, which interferes with the battalion's work dynamics.

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