Estresse ocupacional em policiais militares do Alto Sertão da Paraibano.

Abstract

Living in a capitalist society the man feels obliged to perform work, demanding of themselves in their daily labor a continuous effort, thus arises is that occupational stress can directly affect their well-being. The aim of this study was to verify the presence and the level of occupational stress in the Military Police of the city of Cajazeiras-PB. It is a cross-sectional survey, field, exploratory, with a quantitative approach, developed in the 6th Battalion of Military Police of the city of Cajazeiras PB. The study population consisted of 80 military police who met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected through a socio-demographic questionnaire and the Inventory of Stress Symptoms for adults Lipp (ISSL), and analyzed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Drew up a profile of predominantly male police (93,75%), married (58,75%), with children (68,75%), 61,25% have only a high school education, work in this area for over 20 years (30%), having weekly workload of 48 hours (53%), 51,52% consider the work too stressful, 90% these never took sick leave for stress. It was found that 65% are stressed, and 46,25% find themselves in the resistance and 16,25% the exhaustion phase. It is concluded that it is important to know the institution about the dangers of stress among workers, because this knowledge will enable and encourage the creation of moments of reducing this hazard, thus improving the physical and psychological well-being of police. The performance of activities to promote health directly reflect in a good work performance and reducing absenteeism by stress.