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Introduction: Community health workers play a prominent role in the primary care context in Brazil. Burnout syndrome is an important work-related condition whose consequences affect job satisfaction. Objectives: To evaluate the extent of burnout syndrome and job satisfaction among community health workers in a city in southern Santa Catarina. Methods: This analytical, individual, cross-sectional study was conducted in Family Health Units. The participants were selected through random probability sampling, with a sampling error of 10%. After sociodemographic data collection, the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a job satisfaction scale were applied. Results: All 66 included workers were women. According to the analyses, there was a moderate positive correlation between satisfaction with colleagues and satisfaction with supervisors. There were weak positive correlations between emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and between professional fulfillment and satisfaction with promotions. However, there was a weak negative correlation between emotional exhaustion and both professional fulfillment and satisfaction with salary. Conclusions: The results indicate that the conditions of these workers are sufficiently satisfactory to deal with the demands of the job. Nevertheless, there was substantial dissatisfaction with salary, which can be a demotivator and trigger work-related depression.
Introdução: Os agentes comunitários de saúde possuem um lugar de evidência na atual proposta da atenção básica. Uma das doenças no meio trabalhista é a síndrome de burnout, e, ao adquirir essa doença, o trabalhador sofre com consequências que afetam a satisfação no trabalho. Objetivos: Avaliar a existência da síndrome de burnout e a satisfação no trabalho dos agentes comunitários de saúde de uma cidade do extremo Sul catarinense. Métodos: Tratou-se de um estudo analítico, individual, transversal realizado nas Estratégias de Saúde da Família. Os participantes foram selecionados por meio de amostragem aleatória probabilística, com erro amostrai de 10%. Foi realizada anamnese de identificação, e os participantes responderam ao Inventário de Burnout de Maslach e à Escala de Satisfação no Trabalho. Resultados: Participaram do estudo 66 agentes comunitárias, todas do sexo feminino. As análises demonstraram correlação positiva moderada entre satisfação com os colegas e com o chefe, e correlações positivas fracas entre exaustão emocional e despersonalização, assim como entre realização profissional e satisfação com promoções. Por outro lado, exaustão emocional, realização profissional e satisfação com a remuneração obtiveram correlação negativa fraca. Conclusões: Os resultados indicam boas condições dos agentes comunitários para lidar com as demandas do trabalho. Destaca-se a insatisfação com a remuneração, podendo ser desmotivante e podendo desencadear doenças relacionadas à saúde mental.
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This study investigated the effect of aquatic exercise on mental health, functional autonomy, and oxidative dysfunction in elderly with DM2. A total of 104 elderly were included in the longitudinal clinical study and were attributed to the diabetes group (n = 30) and the non-diabetic group (n = 29). Both groups were involved in the aquatic exercise (nine exercises; 3 sets x 1-minute duration each; linear intensity and frequency measured twice a week) for 12 weeks. The assessments of mental health, functional autonomy, and oxidative dysfunction were done. All results were evaluated at baseline and 12 weeks later. The values of the following variable scores decreased in the DM2 group after participation in the aquatic exercise: depression (-56 ± 2 scores; 57%), anxiety (-8.2 ± 2 scores; 41%), stress (-3.1 ± 0.3 scores; 32%), and sleep (-3. 7 ± 1.3 points; 51%); an improvement in Berg scores was observed (+53.1 ± 2 points; 8%), Tug tests (-6.1 ± 0.7 points; 25%), carbonyl groups (-0.048 ± 0.01 nnmol/mg/protein; 49%), and total thiol (+0.33 ± 0.08 nnmol/mg/protein; 83%). We have concluded that a linear intensity aquatic exercise program improves mental health, functional autonomy, and oxidative dysfunction in elderly with DM2.