[Elementary school teachers and their quality of life].
OBJECTIVE
Investigating some pertinent factors associated with elementary education teachers' quality of life working in the Brazilian city of Florianopolis and surrounding district.


METHODS
349 state and municipal school system elementary school teachers working in the city and its surrounding areas answered a questionnaire containing work-related questions and the WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used and the differences between means were analyzed, considering physical, psychological, social relationships and environmental domains.


RESULTS
Teachers working more hours per week and in the state school system had lower quality of life indices in all domains investigated. Those having more years of service in the teaching profession had lower quality of life indexes regarding the physical (p=0.007) and social relationships (p<0.001) domains. Teachers occupying management/supervisory posts had higher quality of life scores in the environmental domain compared to classroom teachers.


CONCLUSIONS
The hours worked seemed to be the main factor associated with lower quality of life scores in this sample of elementary school teachers.
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil, adair.lopes@ufsc.br.
Erico Felden
EF
Pereira
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil, adair.lopes@ufsc.br.
Clarissa Stefani
CS
Teixeira
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil, adair.lopes@ufsc.br.
Rubian D
RD
Andrade
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil, adair.lopes@ufsc.br.
Adair da
Ad
Silva-Lopes
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012574:Schools; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult