Perfil epidemiológico dos beneficiários de auxílio-doença acidentário na Paraíba

Abstract

The Work-Related Musculoeskeletal Disorders (WRMD) jointly work‟s accidents are a serious problem of public health in world, resulting in social and financial losses in workers, companies that hire them and social security systems. This study aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of Paraíba‟s workers (Brazil), beneficiaries of workers compensation. That was an observational cross-sectional study, retrospective, from secondary data of B-91 benefits, classified as Auxílio-Doença Acidentário by the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS), granted during the period January 2008 to July (n=17480). Sex, age, salary range, field of activity, hive of activitiy, benefit‟s origin, CID-10 and benefit time were collected. Chi-square test (x²) and x² of linear tendency were used to verify stabilization, decline or rise time of benefits concession. The strength of this trend was estimated by V of Cramer. To compare benefit time between qualitative variables of study, launched the t test for independent variables with two levels and analysis of variance (ANOVA) of one factor for variables with three or more levels along a post hoc of Bonferroni. Adopted a α ≤ 0.05 in order to minimize an type I error. Data were analyzed using SPSS ®, 20.0 version. There was a predominance of granting benefits to men (75.9%), the age group of 25-34 years was the most affected, corresponding to 35.4% of the benefits, workers earning less than minimum wage had a high prevalence, totaling 73.3% of the study sample, 87% employed in trade. Half of the awards were caused by external causes, followed by WRMD (29,7%). 2/3 of the awards were from Joao Pessoa. Benefits were granted to women for longer, as well as workers aged between 50 and 59 years. it was concluded that the WRMD were responsible for providing most of the benefits, affecting so prevalent male workers, young adults aged 25 to 34 years, employed in trade, com monthly income less than minimum wage.