Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA), a degenerative musculoskeletal disease affecting joints, is characterised by pain and poor physical functioning, resulting in poor health related quality of life (HRQoL), emotional well-being and quality of sleep. There are few studies in this area in Taiwan. Aim and objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate how quality of sleep impacts on quality of life in individuals with OA in Taiwan. Specific objectives were to measure quality of sleep; to measure pain, physical function, emotional health and quality of life, and investigate their associations with quality of sleep; to investigate predictors of quality of sleep; and to investigate the association between subjective sleep perceptions and objective sleep outcomes. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 192 OA patients aged over 40, diagnosed by radiology, fluent in Mandarin or Taiwanese, and residing in the community were recruited from musculoskeletal or rehabilitation outpatient departments in a university hospital in Taiwan from October 2010 to March 2011. A supervised self-completion questionnaire was used to collect data. Four validated Mandarin Chinese versions of questionnaires were used: the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) to measure pain and physical functioning; the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) to measure HRQoL; the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to measure emotional health; and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to measure subjective quality of sleep. A sub-sample of 30 individuals was recruited to measure objective sleep quality using an Actigraph wrist monitor. Data were encoded, entered onto computer and analysed with SPSS 16.0 software. Results: Most participants had poor subjective quality of sleep (70.3%), but only 19.8% were taking sleep medication. Global quality of sleep was poorer in participants who were older, female, had a low educational level and had more severe OA. Pain was mild-to-moderate but 47.4% and 25.5% of participants reported no or poor self-management of OA symptoms respectively, and 66.7% never used a walking aid. Poor quality of sleep was associated with pain, poor physical function, anxiety, depression and low scores on the physical and mental components of HRQoL (Pearson correlations 0.27 to 0.87), although most participants did not present problems with anxiety or depression. Regression showed that taking sleep medication, SF-36 role physical and social functioning, high HADS anxiety, a lack of secondary education, high WOMAC pain and taking analgesics significantly contributed to poor global quality of sleep. Path analysis identified four components potentially causing poor quality of sleep: an OA component (pain and physical function), a sleep medication component, a psychological component (anxiety) and a sociodemographic component (low education and poor social functioning), where being female was causally related to the last two. From the objective measurements, participants overestimated the actual time to fall asleep and underestimated their sleep duration and efficiency. Those with poor subjective quality of sleep were woken more often during the night and awake for longer during the night (both p < 0.027). Conclusion: Global quality of sleep was poor in individuals with OA in Taiwan; pain, physical function and emotional health negatively influenced quality of sleep and HRQoL. A hypothesised causal model for quality of sleep had components related not only to OA but also to psychological distress, socio-demographics and taking sleep medication. Objective measurements indicated that sleep disturbance was associated with poor perceived quality of sleep. The study suggests that better support and guidance on self-management of OA in Taiwan is required to allow patients more control over their health, well being and quality of sleep.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:36:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AnaATS_TESE.pdf: 4274123 bytes, checksum: 50f286f423e0b4c4e687ba8d81bb4d69 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-20 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / ABSTRACT Introduction: The cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is an important cause of neurological impairment. Few data about the factors associated with morbidity of cerebrovascular accident are found in Brazil. Objectives: Evaluate sociodemographic characteristics, sleep habits, cognitive and functional status of patients with cerebrovascular accident. Methods: The patients evaluated through questionnaire Step 1 to survey the sociodemographic characteristics and Modified Rankin Scale for functional assessment. The neurological degree was evaluated by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), the sleep Habits questionnaire for sleep and cognitive status by the Mini-Examination of the Mental State (MEMS). The data were analyzed using the chi-square test to determine differences in proportions of variables and linear regression analysis. Results: 305 patients were evaluated and the larger number of subjects was between 50 and 69 years (40%), most patients had no formal education (40.3%) and had ischemic type of cerebrovascular accident (72.5%). In the analysis of the functionality it was found that most patients had moderate impairment (55.1%). The results of the sleep habits showed that 63,6% of patients had one more person in the bedroom,12,3% complained about too much noise in the 11 room and 35% of too much light. From these patients 5,8% were smokers, 7,8% and 70,1% drank coffee drinkers, 28,6% had difficulty in initiate to sleep and woke up 37,6% in the middle of the night. Were showed complaints about nightmares (11%), feeling of suffocation (37,7%) and 35% felt very sleepy during the day. In addition, 95% were unemployed, 80,5% did not perform physical activities and 95,4% did not perform mental activities. The cognitive screening conducted a determined association of cognitive status with age and education level and neurological status. Conclusion: The study showed a high frequency of cases of cerebrovascular accident with functional dependence in a moderate degree, identified that many patients do not follow hygienic measures of sleep and found that the assessment of cognitive deficits must take into consideration the age, educational level and degree of neurological patients. We suggest the need for programs of assistance to victims of cerebrovascular accident patients, with a multidimensional approach including the rehabilitation team, the role of sleep medicine and Neuropsychology, so that patients have access to a more appropriate functional rehabilitation, develop a lifestyle that ensures a good sleep quality and are evaluated and rehabilitated with regard to cognitive impairment / Introdu??o: O Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC) ? uma importante causa de comprometimento neurol?gico. Poucos dados ? respeito dos fatores associados ? morbidade do AVC s?o encontrados no Brasil. Objetivos: Avaliar as caracter?sticas sociodemogr?ficas, h?bitos de sono, estado cognitivo e funcional de pacientes com AVC. M?todos: Os pacientes foram avaliados atrav?s do question?rio Step 1 para levantamento das caracter?sticas sociodemogr?ficas e Escala Modificada de Rankin para avalia??o funcional. O grau neurol?gico foi avaliado pela National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), o sono pelo Question?rio de H?bitos de sono e o estado cognitivo pelo Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM). Os dados foram analisados atrav?s do teste Qui-quadrado para verificar diferen?as nas propor??es das vari?veis estudadas e an?lise de regress?o linear. Resultados: Foram avaliados 305 pacientes e o maior n?mero de indiv?duos estava entre 50 e 69 anos (40%), grande parte dos pacientes n?o possu?a estudo formal (40,3%) e tinham AVC do tipo isqu?mico (72,5%). Na an?lise da funcionalidade constatou-se que a maioria dos pacientes tinha incapacidade moderada (55,1%). Os resultados dos h?bitos de sono apontaram que 63,6% dos pacientes apresentavam mais uma pessoa no quarto de dormir, 12,3% se queixavam de muito barulho no quarto e 35% de muita ilumina??o. Dos pacientes avaliados 5,8% fumavam, 7,8% bebiam e 70,1% tomavam caf?, 28,6% apresentavam dificuldade de iniciar o sono e 37,6% acordavam no meio da noite. Foram apresentadas queixas de pesadelos (11%), sensa??o de sufoco (37,7%) e 35% sentiam muito sono durante o dia. Al?m disso, 95% n?o trabalhavam, 80,5% n?o realizavam atividades f?sicas e 95,4% n?o realizavam atividades mentais. O rastreamento cognitivo realizado determinou uma associa??o do estado cognitivo com a idade e escolaridade e o grau neurol?gico. Conclus?o: O estudo conseguiu evidenciar uma frequ?ncia elevada de casos de AVC com depend?ncia funcional de grau moderado, identificou que muitos pacientes n?o seguem medidas de higiene do sono e verificou que a avalia??o de 10 d?ficits cognitivos deve levar em considera??o a idade, escolaridade e o grau neurol?gico dos pacientes. Sugerimos a necessidade de programas de aten??o aos pacientes v?timas do AVC, com uma abordagem multidimensional incluindo a equipe de reabilita??o, a atua??o da Medicina do sono e da Neuropsicologia, a fim de que os pacientes tenham acesso a uma reabilita?ao funcional mais adequada, desenvolvam um estilo de vida que garanta uma boa qualidade de sono e sejam bem avaliados e reabilitados quanto aos comprometimentos cognitivos

This master thesis focuses on subjectively percieved quality of sleep and its connections - fatigue, daytime sleepiness and insomnia in older age. Attention is brought to psychological methods of sleep measurement in comparison with objective methods (polysomnography and actigraphy). Theoretical part is based on current scientific knowledge of sleep quality and deals with psychological factors that contribute to improvement or reduction of sleep quality in older age. In context with quality of sleep focus is aimed also at presence of insomnia in older age compared to younger age and possibilities of enhancing sleep quality. Overview of subjective and objective methods of measuring sleep quality and other sleep characteristics is part of the theoretical background. Empirical part of the thesis is divided into two sections. First section compares sleep quality, fatigue, daytime sleepiness and insomnia of younger and older adults. This research is based on following questionnaire data: PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), FSS (Fatigue Severity Scale), ESS (Epworth Sleepiness Scale) and ISI (Insomnia Severity Index). Second section of the research verifies the validity of psychological methods of measuring sleep quality - questionnaires PSQI, FSS, ESS, ISI and sleep diaries of older adults by...

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung bestand darin, eine aussagekräftige und effektive Skala zur Messung der Filialen Reife pflegender Angehöriger zu finden. Im Mittelpunkt standen hierzu die Louvain Filial Maturity Scale A nach Marcoen (LFMS-A) und die Filial Anxiety Scale nach Cicirelli (FAS). Diese wurden erwachsenen betreuenden Kindern von Parkinsonpatienten vorgelegt, um Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Grad ihrer filialen Reife bzw. Angst und dem Ausmaß ihres subjektiven Belastungserlebens zu ermitteln. Besonderes Augenmerk wurde darauf gelegt, welche der Skalen in einem engeren Zusammenhang mit der Belastung der betreuenden Söhne und Töchter stand und folglich eine größere Relevanz in der Beziehung zwischen hilfsbedürftigen Eltern und ihren erwachsenen Kindern aufweist. Darüber hinaus wurde der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit sich Belastungs- und Beziehungserleben auf die subjektive Schlafqualität der Studienteilnehmer auswirken. Die Stichprobe dieser Untersuchung setzte sich aus 50 Patienten-Betreuer-Paaren und 50 Kontrollpersonen zusammen, die mit Hilfe standardisierter Fragebögen getrennt voneinander interviewt wurden. Anhand der vorliegenden Ergebnisse konnte gezeigt werden, dass ein enger Zusammenhang zwischen der filialen Angst bzw. Reife erwachsener Kinder hilfsbedürftiger Eltern und deren subjektivem Belastungserleben besteht (Hypothese 1): Eine verhältnismäßig hohe filiale Angst sowie ein geringer Grad filialer Reife wirkt sich negativ auf die Betreuungssituation aus, was sich in einer Verstärkung der subjektiven Belastung der betreuende erwachsenen Kinder von Parkinson-Patienten widerspiegelt. Die mittels der FAS gemessene filiale Angst der betreuenden erwachsenen Kinder der Parkinsonpatienten steht in einem engeren Zusammenhang mit ihrer subjektiv empfundenen Belastung als ihre anhand der LFMS-A erhobene filiale Reife (Hypothese 2). Hinsichtlich der allgemeinen Schlafqualität weisen die aktuellen Ergebnisse sowohl bei den erwachsenen betreuenden Kindern als auch bei den Parkinson-Patienten auf deutliche Zusammenhänge mit ihrer gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität hin (Hypothese 3). Darüber hinaus konnte mit Hilfe der aktuellen Untersuchungsergebnisse die Verbindung zwischen einem hohen Grad der Pflegebedürftigkeit der Parkinsonpatienten und einem erhöhten Belastungserleben ihrer betreuenden Söhne und Töchter eindeutig gezeigt werden (Hypothese 4). Einzig die fünfte Hypothese, laut der der Grad der filialen Reife in einem direkten Zusammenhang mit dem Schlafverhalten der Studienteilnehmer steht, konnte im Rahmen der hier vorliegenden Untersuchung nicht bestätigt werden (Hypothese 5). Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie sollen dazu beitragen, das Konzept der Filialen Reife langfristig in der Angehörigenberatung zu etablieren, um Risikopersonen besser beraten und Copingstrategien für einen gelungenen Umgang mit pflegebedürftigen Familienmitgliedern gezielter fördern zu können.

The mining industry in South Africa plays a significant role in the economy of the country. South Africa is rated as one of the world’s largest producers of key reserves - gold, manganese ore and platinum– and the high level of industrial and production skills in the mines also contributes to the country’s success. Although the gold mining industry’s contribution is of the utmost importance, it is also under pressure to remain competitive and cost–efficient. Old shafts, worsening health of employees, ore bodies that are not always in their prime phase, the radical increase in the annual electricity tariffs and the possibility of decreased gold prices contribute to the decline in the gold mining industry’s success. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between role–specific stress and physical and psychological health, and to determine whether social support has a moderating effect in this relationship for employees in a mining training academy. A cross–sectional survey design was used and a convenience sample (n=437) was taken from a South African gold mining company, where the only criterium for inclusion was to be employed by the organisation at the time the research took place. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The measuring instruments used in this study were proven to be reliable. The results indicate that role stressors and physical and psychological health problems are positively related. It also shows that social support can decrease role–specific stress and that social support – especially from colleagues and supervisors – can help to reduce depression and improve the quality of sleep. Furthermore, logistic regression analyses were used to determine whether role stress and social support hold any predictive value regarding physical and psychological health. It was found that if participants’ experience role–specific stress and they receive support – especially from supervisors – it can predict their quality of sleep and the use of medication (physical viii health). The findings also indicate that role stress can predict the experience of depression with regards to psychological health. However, the moderating effect of social support between role stress and depression was not supported in this research. To conclude, recommendations for the organisation and future research are made. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

The mining industry in South Africa plays a significant role in the economy of the country. South Africa is rated as one of the world’s largest producers of key reserves - gold, manganese ore and platinum– and the high level of industrial and production skills in the mines also contributes to the country’s success. Although the gold mining industry’s contribution is of the utmost importance, it is also under pressure to remain competitive and cost–efficient. Old shafts, worsening health of employees, ore bodies that are not always in their prime phase, the radical increase in the annual electricity tariffs and the possibility of decreased gold prices contribute to the decline in the gold mining industry’s success. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between role–specific stress and physical and psychological health, and to determine whether social support has a moderating effect in this relationship for employees in a mining training academy. A cross–sectional survey design was used and a convenience sample (n=437) was taken from a South African gold mining company, where the only criterium for inclusion was to be employed by the organisation at the time the research took place. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The measuring instruments used in this study were proven to be reliable. The results indicate that role stressors and physical and psychological health problems are positively related. It also shows that social support can decrease role–specific stress and that social support – especially from colleagues and supervisors – can help to reduce depression and improve the quality of sleep. Furthermore, logistic regression analyses were used to determine whether role stress and social support hold any predictive value regarding physical and psychological health. It was found that if participants’ experience role–specific stress and they receive support – especially from supervisors – it can predict their quality of sleep and the use of medication (physical viii health). The findings also indicate that role stress can predict the experience of depression with regards to psychological health. However, the moderating effect of social support between role stress and depression was not supported in this research. To conclude, recommendations for the organisation and future research are made. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

No description available.

Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever a relação entre a percepção do Clima Organizacional, com a Síndrome de Burnout e conhecer as Estratégias de Enfrentamento no trabalho em funcionários de Instituto de Pesquisas do Vale do Paraíba Paulista. O estudo foi realizado por meio de pesquisa descritiva, com delineamento de levantamento de dados e com abordagem quantitativa. A amostra pesquisada foi constituída de 252 funcionários públicos da região do Vale do Paraiba Paulista. Os instrumentos utilizados para a coleta de dados foram: Inventário de Identificação de Amostra (QIA), Questionário de Clima Organizacional (QCO), Inventário Maslach de Burnout (MBI) e Questionário de Enfrentamento do Trabalho (QET). Os dados coletados foram tratados por meio do Programa Minitab versão 15 e também do software Microsoft EXCEL. Os principais resultados obtidos indicaram a predominância do perfil de Clima Organizacional com ênfase do fator liderança como maior índice de insatisfação entre os servidores e os níveis de Exaustão Emocional - EE (19,2), Despersonalização DE (8,4) e Realização Profissional RP (30,3) sendo a prevalência geral de 19,3% e, portanto, bem próximos das médias de outros estudos comparando os resultados. Quanto ao Enfrentamento no trabalho, 186 sujeitos (73,8%) da amostra adotam o comportamento evitativo e 66 sujeitos (26,2%) da amostra utilizam o comportamento Vigilante. A classificação subjetiva da qualidade do sono, a prevalência foi de 84,1% da amostra, composta por muito boa (25,8%) e boa (58,3%) e 15,9% da amostra composta por ruim (15,1%) e muito ruim (0,8%). Quanto a classificação objetiva da qualidade do sono ficou demonstrado que a prevalência foi de 74,6%, composta por muito boa (56,0%) e boa (18,6%) e a prevalência de 25,4%, composta por ruim (13,9%) e muito ruim (11,5%). Foi observado que 26,19% dos sujeitos da amostra atual apresentam Sonolência Excessiva Diurna. Foram identificadas associações entre as variáveis Sociodemográficas e Epworth na categoria idade (0,0037), AAS na categoria idade (0,0007) e Enfrentamento no Trabalho nas categorias idade (0,0018) e Horas trabalhadas (0,0034). Os resultados desta pesquisa poderão criar medidas de prevenção da Síndrome de Burnout. Os resultados obtidos não devem ser generalizados, em razão da metodologia de pesquisa empregada que espelham a realidade de uma amostra pesquisada, mas devem instigar novos estudos sobre servidores públicos de outras instituições que tenham similaridades nas condições de trabalho. / This study aimed to describe the relationship between perception of organizational climate, with the Burnout Syndrome and learn coping strategies at work in employees of the Research Institute of Vale do Paraíba Paulista. The study was conducted through descriptive research design with data collection and quantitative approach. The original sample consisted of 252 government officials from the region of Vale do Paraiba Paulista. The instruments used for data collection were: Inventory Identification of Sample (QIA), Organizational Climate Questionnaire (QCO), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Questionnaire of Coping Labour (QET). The collected data were processed using the statistical program EXCEL. The main results indicated the predominance of the Profile of Organizational Climate with emphasis factor leading to increased rates of dissatisfaction among the servers and the levels of Emotional Exhaustion - EE (19.2), Depersonalization - DE (8.4) and Professional Achievement - RP (30.3) and the overall prevalence of 19.3% and therefore quite close to the average of other studies comparing the results. As for coping at work, 186 subjects (73.8%) of the sample adopt avoidance behavior and 66 subjects (26.2%) of the sample using the Vigilante behavior. The subjective rating of sleep quality, the prevalence was 84.1% of the sample, consisting of very good (25.8%) and good (58.3%) and 15.9% of the sample of poor (15, 1%) and very poor (0.8%). As for objective classification of sleep quality was shown that the prevalence was 74.6%, composed of very good (56.0%) and good (18.6%) and the prevalence of 25.4%, consisting of bad ( 13.9%) and very poor (11.5%). It was observed that 26.19% of the subjects now have excessive daytime sleepiness. Was identified associations between sociodemographic variables and Epworth in the age category (0.0037), ASA category age (0.0007) and coping at work in the age categories (0.0018) and hours worked (0.0034). These results may establish measures to prevent the burnout syndrome. The results should not be generalized, because of the research methodology employed to reflect the reality of a surveyed sample, but should incite further investigation into public servants from other institutions that have similarities in working conditions.

Nowadays, frequency of so called civilization diseases is raising and current life style of an industrial society brings increased number of sleep disorders. Various non-physiological and pathological phenomena, for which humans do not have and cannot have any adaptation mechanisms created, can be seen in our culture and society. The purpose of this thesis is to examine sleep habits of two groups of healthy adult persons (young adults and seniors) and determine factors having an influence on sleep quality. Three hypotheses were stated (Hypothesis No. 1: Sleep length and quality are changing throughout the life. Hypothesis No. 2: Sleep length has an influence on BMI. Hypothesis No. 3: Sleep length is dependent on a life style). Validity of these hypotheses was verified. The sample consisted of a group of young adults (76 women, 51 men) and of a group of active seniors (50 women, 40 men). Sleep behavior was investigated by a questionnaire form. Every person answered to 50 questions. Their answers were statistically processed. Basic somatic characteristics as body height, body weight and Body Mass Index were measured during the contact with respondents. Statistically significant difference (p < 0,05) in sleep behavior of young adults and seniors in weekdays and weekend was found out. Young adults were...

Submitted by Rosina Valeria Lanzellotti Mattiussi Teixeira (rosina.teixeira@unisantos.br) on 2018-09-24T16:44:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Farias Mendonça.pdf: 2160140 bytes, checksum: 3922ec44b836d67d7d17d466c116fa58 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-24T16:44:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Farias Mendonça.pdf: 2160140 bytes, checksum: 3922ec44b836d67d7d17d466c116fa58 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-09 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Introdução: O advento da terapia antirretroviral (TARV) aumentou a expectativa de vida entre as pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV), o que facilitou também sua inserção ou manutenção no ambiente de trabalho. Por outro lado, as PVHIV carregam consigo o peso do diagnóstico, o estigma atribuído à doença, infecções e tumores oportunistas e dificuldades quanto às oportunidades profissionais. Objetivo: Avaliar os fatores associados à capacidade para o trabalho entre as pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVHIV), bem como estimar a prevalência da capacidade para o trabalho, do bem-estar subjetivo e da qualidade de sono em pessoas vivendo com HIV. Métodos: Trata-se de uma pesquisa epidemiológica observacional, de corte transversal em uma amostra de 122 PVHIV, que possuíam trabalho remunerado, formal ou informal, com idade igual ou superior a 18 anos e em tratamento com antirretrovirais (TARV), assistidas pelo serviço de assistência especializada em aids, do município de Santos/SP. Para avaliar os fatores associados à capacidade para o trabalho moderada ou baixa, foi realizada a análise de regressão logística. O modelo múltiplo foi ajustado pela jornada de trabalho diária, tempo de infecção pelo HIV e marcadores biológicos (carga viral, contagem de células CD4 e relação entre CD4/CD8). Resultados: A idade média dos foi de 43,7 anos (DP 10,6 anos), sendo a maioria do sexo masculino (55,7%), solteiro (58,2%), com o ensino médio incompleto (65,6%) e com vínculo empregatício informal (52,1%). A média de tempo do uso da TARV foi de 7,2 anos (DP 6,6anos). A maioria apresentou capacidade para o trabalho ótima ou boa (55,7%), qualidade de sono ruim, tanto nos dias de trabalho quanto nos dias de folga (53,3% e 50,8%, respectivamente). O pior bem-estar subjetivo foi verificado em 41% das PVHIV. Independentemente da jornada de trabalho, do tempo de infecção pelo HIV e dos marcadores biológicos (carga viral, contagem de células CD4 e relação entre CD4/CD8), verificou-se que ter um trabalho informal, qualidade de sono ruim nos dias de trabalho e pior bem-estar subjetivo aumentou cerca de duas vezes a chance de se ter uma capacidade para o trabalho moderada ou baixa entre as PVHIV. Conclusão: O trabalho com vínculo informal, a qualidade de sono de ruim e o pior bem-estar subjetivo estão associados à pior capacidade para o trabalho entre pessoas vivendo com HIV, sendo elevadas as prevalências de capacidade moderada ou baixa para o trabalho, do bem-estar subjetivo e da qualidade de sono. / Introduction: The advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) increased life expectancy among people living with HIV (PLWHIV), which also facilitated their insertion or maintenance in the work environment. On the other hand, PLWHIV carry the burden of diagnosis, the stigma attached to the disease, opportunistic infections and tumors, and difficulties in career opportunities. Objective: To evaluate the factors associated with work ability among people living with HIV (PLWHIV), as well as to estimate the prevalence of work ability, subjective well-being and quality of sleep in people living with HIV. Methods: This was a observational cross-sectional epidemiological study in a sample of 122 PLWHIV, who had formal or informal employment contract, aged 18 years or over and treated with antiretrovirals (ART), assisted by the service of specialized assistance in AIDS, of the municipality of Santos / SP. To evaluate the factors associated with moderate or low work ability, the logistic regression analysis was performed. The multiple model was adjusted for the working hours, time of HIV infection and biological markers (viral load, CD4 cell count and CD4/CD8 ratio). Results: The mean age was 43.7 years (SD 10.6 years); the majority were male (55.7%), single (58.2%), with incomplete secondary education (65.6% %) and with informal employment contract (52.1%). The mean time to use ART was 7.2 years (SD 6.6 years). The majority presented great or good work ability (55.7%), poor sleep quality, both on workdays and on days off (53.3% and 50.8%, respectively). The worst subjective well-being was seen in 41% in PLWHIV. Regardless of the working hours, time of HIV infection and biological markers, it has been found that having informal employment contract, poor sleep quality on working days, and worse subjective well-being has increased about twice the chance of having a moderate or low work ability among PLWHIV. Conclusion: Informal work, poor sleep quality, and worse subjective well-being are associated with worse work ability among people living with HIV, being high the prevalence of moderate or low work ability, subjective well-being and quality of sleep.