Minayo Maria Cecília de Souza, de Assis Simone Gonçalves, de Oliveira Raquel Vasconcellos Carvalhaes
Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos sobre Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2011 Apr;16(4):2199-209. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232011000400019.
In this article, we analyze the physical and mental stress and illness of military and civil police force officers in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) due to their working conditions and professional activities. The same methodology was used for the study of two categories, namely a quantitative approach (simple random sampling by conglomerates, involving a total of 1,458 civil police officers and 1,108 military police officers, who answered questionnaires anonymously) and a qualitative approach (focal groups involving 143 professionals and 18 interviews with managers of both police forces). The data presented here are all original. Disorders identified were: overweight and obesity in both forces but mainly in the Military Police; low frequency of physical exercise and high levels of cholesterol, especially in the Civil Police. The main health complaints are neck, back or spinal cord pain, eyesight complaints and headaches/ migraines. Sixteen point two per cent of officers of both forces reported physical lesions that were more prevalent in the Military Police, among whom psychic suffering was also more frequent (SRQ20). The need for changes in the individual and professional dimensions and in institutional aspects regarding the conditions and organization of work and of health services is emphasized.
在本文中，我们分析了巴西里约热内卢州军警和民警因工作条件和职业活动而产生的身心压力及疾病情况。对这两类人员的研究采用了相同的方法，即定量方法（通过集团进行简单随机抽样，共有1458名民警和1108名军警匿名回答问卷）和定性方法（焦点小组，涉及143名专业人员以及对两支警察部队管理人员的18次访谈）。此处呈现的数据均为原始数据。所发现的疾病有：两支警察部队中均存在超重和肥胖问题，但主要集中在军警；体育锻炼频率低以及胆固醇水平高，尤其在民警中。主要的健康问题包括颈部、背部或脊髓疼痛、视力问题以及头痛/偏头痛。两支警察部队中有16.2%的人员报告有身体损伤，在军警中更为普遍，其中精神痛苦也更为常见（SRQ20）。强调了在个人和职业层面以及机构方面，就工作条件、组织以及卫生服务进行变革的必要性。
