title: [Gender and perceived quality of life: research with professors from the health area].
abstract: The rapid process of change in the global economy in recent years and the organization of labor have influenced gender relations in the teaching profession. These transformations have been disadvantageous for women, leaving them in a situation of occupational overload. The scope of this study was to analyze the working conditions of female teachers in higher education in the health education area in the city of Vitória, State Espírito Santo, and their implications on health and quality of life. This is qualitative research into data gathered from interviews upon which Bardin content analysis was also employed. This technique revealed three categories: leisure, rest and health; sense of loss of social and family interaction; and perceived quality of life. The results show that insufficient leisure time may lead to sleep disturbances predisposing the individual to psychic illness; overwork; significant alterations in labor organization compromising social and family interaction with repercussions on health and quality of life. The work performed by female professors in the health area contributes to the onset of illness, with pejorative effects on their family, love, social, environmental and professional lives, with consequent loss of quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro Biomédico, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitória, ES. elizabete_regina@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Elizabete Regina Araújo de
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Atala Lotti
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Telmo Oliveira
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Bittar
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology