Nível de qualidade de vida e prevalência dos sintomas osteomusculares e de estresse em profissionais da área de tecnologia da informação

Abstract

Introduction: Information technology (IT) professionals spend hours of their day in front of computers, sometimes working at a disorganized and stressful pace, as well as being exposed to inappropriate environments that compromise productivity, health and safety. Objective: To describe the level of quality of life and prevalence of musculoskeletal and stress symptoms in IT professionals. Methodology: Observational, analytical and quantitative study, with 128 Brazilian IT professionals. Participants were submitted to the SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire, Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptoms Questionnaire and the Lipp Stress Symptoms Inventory for Adults, in order to verify quality of life, musculoskeletal symptoms and stress symptomatology, respectively. Data collection took place remotely using an electronic form. Results: The average age of the participants was 27.25 years (±7.72), and they had a good quality of life. The anatomical segments with the highest prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the last 7 days and last 12 months were the lumbar, cervical and thoracic spine and wrists/hands. Of the subjects, 43.8% had stress. Conclusion: We found good quality of life, high prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and moderate prevalence of stress. We observed that the presence of stress was associated with worse quality of life and a greater number of musculoskeletal symptoms.