Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IvaldoCC_DISSERT.pdf: 446730 bytes, checksum: e04bb1bb3ddb839c625fc7cce10657ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-04-14 / Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte / Objective: Identify the factors associated to the painful symptomatology and the quality of life and in dentists in the city of Teresina-PI. Brazil. Methods It was accomplished a cross-sectional study with 175 dentists registered with the Regional Council of Dentistry-PI from March to May, 2007. For characterization of the dentists we used a multidimensional questionnaire containing sociodemographic (age, sex) and professional information (time of service, journey to work). The evaluation of the presence of pain was performed by the Protocol of Painful Symptoms of McGILL. The WHOQOL-Bref was used to assess quality of life through physical, psychological, social and environmental domains. Results / Conclusions The painful symptomatology was reported in 69,7% of individuals, being observed in 77.3% of women and 60.3% of men. Body regions where pain was prevalent was the regions of neck (69,2%) lower back (69,7%). The dentists had high levels of self-perception of quality of life satisfaction and health. 96,0% of the individuals reported quality of life as very good, and only 16.6% reported dissatisfied with health. The Physical and Environmental domains showed values higher than the psychological and social domains. The painful symptomatology of studied dentists is associated with female sex (RP=1.28; IC95% 1.04-1.58; p<0.01). A multivariate analysis by logistic regression was performed and only the painful symptoms (OR = 2.51, IC95% 1,21-5,21) remained associated with the quality of life of these professionals when adjusted for other variables studied / Objetivo: Identificar os fatores associados ? sintomatologia dolorosa e a qualidade de vida em odont?logos da cidade de Teresina-PI. M?todos: Foi realizado um estudo observacional de car?ter transversal com 175 odont?logos atuantes e registrados no Conselho Regional de Odontologia-PI, entre os meses de mar?o a maio de 2007. Para caracteriza??o dos odont?logos foi utilizado um question?rio multidimensional contendo informa??es sociodemogr?ficas (idade, sexo) e dados profissionais (tempo de servi?o e jornada de trabalho). A avalia??o da presen?a de dor foi realizada pelo o Protocolo de Sintomatologia Dolorosa de McGILL. O WHOQOL-Bref foi utilizado para avalia??o da qualidade de vida atrav?s dos dom?nios F?sico, Psicol?gico, Social e Meio ambiente. Resultados/Conclus?o: A sintomatologia dolorosa foi relatada em 69,7% dos indiv?duos, sendo observada em 77,3% das mulheres e 60,3% dos homens, sendo associado ao sexo feminino ap?s ajustes pelas demais vari?veis (RP=1.28; IC95% 1.04-1.58; p<0.01). As regi?es do corpo onde foram mais prevalentes a presen?a de dor foram a cervical (69,2%) e lombar (69,7%). Os odont?logos apresentaram elevados n?veis de auto-percep??o de satisfa??o da qualidade de vida e sa?de. 96,0% dos indiv?duos relataram a qualidade de vida como muito boa, e apenas 16,6% dos indiv?duos relataram insatisfa??o com a sa?de. Os dom?nios F?sico e Meio Ambiente do WHOQOL-Bref apresentaram valores m?dios mais baixos que os dom?nios Psicol?gico e Social. Atrav?s de an?lise multivariada mediante regress?o log?stica, ap?s ajuste pelas vari?veis do estudo, apenas a sintomatologia dolorosa (OR=2,51; IC95%1,21-5,21) permaneceu associada com a qualidade de vida destes profissionais