Nível de atividade física e qualidade de vida de professoras da educação infantil

Abstract

Basic education in Brazil is marked by a highly stressful educational history, evidently having repercussions on physical and mental health, as well as on professional performance. This is due, among various factors, to the precarious and extensive working hours; the need to seek other forms of income given the low salary conditions, the multiplicity of tasks, leaving these professionals without much alternative to enjoy free time and consequently dedicate themselves to health care and leisure. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the level of physical activity and its association with quality of life among early childhood education teachers. This is an observational, cross-sectional study and an integral part of a larger study entitled "Physical and behavioral health conditions and quality of life of preschool teachers". The research was carried out with teachers aged between 20 and 59 from the municipal early childhood education network in the urban area of the city of Uberaba, Minas Gerais. Of the total of 411 individuals who took part in the survey, 408 (99.2%) contained all the information for this analysis. The crude and adjusted analyses were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression to verify the level of physical activity and quality of life, controlled by the following variables: age, marital status, level of schooling, skin color, number of jobs, length of time working in early childhood education, satisfaction with early childhood education, economic class, alcohol consumption, smoking, selfreported illnesses, number of medications, depression, anxiety and stress. Based on this study, no direct association was observed with PAL and QoL when all the general domains were statistically analyzed. However, when the association was made between level of physical activity and quality of life in the psychological domain adjusted for control variables, statistical significance was found.