Qualidade de vida de policiais militares do Comando de Policiamento do Interior – 5ª Região (CPI-5) do Estado de São Paulo

Abstract

Police work is exhausting due to the nature of the activities that compose the professional environment involving high risk, work overload and internal corporation factors, which together form the perception of quality of life and health of these professionals. Objective: Evaluate the quality of life of military police of Policing Interior Command - 5th Region (CPI-5) of the State of São Paulo. Methods: Cross-sectional study of population base among military police belonging to the CPI-5. For data collection was used the WHOQOL-Bref, consisting of 26 questions, two of which are general on the conditions of life and health. The other 24 questions are related to the physical, psychological, social relationships and environment, and its facets. Data were analyzed by calculating the mean scores for the facets and domains of WHOQOL-Bref and had appropriate statistical treatment, in order to meet the objectives of the study, considering significant p-value less than or equal to 0.05. Results: The study included 506 policemen, and 449 (88.74%) were male. The age ranged from 19 to 54 years old, with a median of 36 years old and prevalent age group of 36 to 45 years old (39.92%); 338 (66.79%) policemen were married, 283 (55.93%) worked in the PM for more than 10 years, 234 (46.25%) had completed high school and 203 (40.12%), university graduates ; 195 (38.54%) were soldiers, 161 (31.82%) corporal, and 46 (9.09%) Sergeants; 346 (68.38%) worked full-time and 270 (53.36%) work ranges of 12x24 or 24x48 hours; 414 (81.82%) policemen assessed the quality of life as good or very good and 22 (4.35%) have considered it as bad or very bad; 42 (8.30%) reported to be very dissatisfied or dissatisfied with health. The quality of life scores ranged from 62.21 to 75.05. The highest score was for the domain Social Relations (75.05) and the lowest for the Environment (62.21). Conclusion: The military policemen showed an impairment of the factors related to the Environment domain. The scores obtained in facets Financial Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Physical Environment and sleeping and Rest, provide a real and accurate diagnosis of the commitment of these factors related to quality of life, contributing to the discussion and implementation of actions that seek to improve the conditions of work of these professionals and promotes improvements in the safety of local society.