title: Factors associated with absenteeism-illness in rural workers in a timber company.
abstract: The monitoring of absenteeism-illness has revealed its high prevalence, and a strong relationship with work. This study aimed to analyze the factors associated with absenteeism-illness among the rural workers in a timber company in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is an analytical cross-sectional study, carried out among 883 workers. The medical certificates issued in the company over one year were surveyed. For the analysis, use was made of descriptive statistics and bi- and multivariable analyses. The strength of association was measured by the odds ratio (OR) with help from logistic regression (p<0.05). A prevalence of 54% of medical certificates was found in the population. Bivariate analysis revealed an association between job (forestry assistant (OR=13.1), carpenter (OR=15) and chainsaw operator (OR=39.6)), length of service in the company, departments and length of schooling with absenteeism-illness. In the multi-variate analysis, the association between length of schooling and being a carpenter disappeared, while the other associations remained. It is concluded that there is important evidence about the occupational and demographic factors and absenteeism-illness among forestry workers.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil. mari_curvelo@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Mariana Roberta Lopes
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: Adelaide De Mattia
authors.initials: Ade M
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012423:Rural Health; D014934:Wood; D055815:Young Adult