Indicators of sickness absence among public servants submitted to medical examinations at a federal university in western Pará, Brazil

Absenteeism due to sickness is characterized by the absence of the worker from their work activities due to health conditions that compromise their ability to perform their duties. This observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study aimed to identify the indicators of absenteeism due to sickness and accidents at work among public servants of a federal university located in the west of the state of Pará, Brazil. For this, data on sick leave granted by the medical experts of the Integrated Subsystem of Health Care of the Public Servants – Tapajós (SIASS Tapajós) were analyzed, in the period from January 2019 to December 2023. The prevalence of absenteeism due to sickness was 10.53% in the period studied. The frequency index was 16.73%, and the duration of absenteeism reached 52.62 days, with an average of 33.12 days per absence. The evaluation of absenteeism rates highlighted a higher prevalence among women, administrative technicians in education and public servants in the age group of 31 to 40 years. Accidents at work in the analyzed period affected 9 public servants, totaling 124 days, which corresponds to 0.41% of the total number of days of absence related to health. The prevalence of absenteeism due to accidents at work was 0.17%, with an average duration of 13.78 days. The variations identified in the indices for the years 2020 and 2021 suggest a possible relationship with the Covid-19 pandemic.

因病缺勤指劳动者因健康状况受损无法履行工作职责而脱离工作岗位的情形。本研究为观察性、横断面描述性研究，旨在明确巴西帕拉州西部某联邦大学公职人员的因病缺勤与工伤缺勤相关指标。研究分析了2019年1月至2023年12月期间，由公职人员综合医疗照护子系统——塔帕若斯（SIASS Tapajós）医疗专家组批准的病假数据。研究时段内，因病缺勤的患病率为10.53%，缺勤频率指数为16.73%，总缺勤时长共计52.62天，单次缺勤平均时长为33.12天。缺勤率评估结果显示，女性、教育行政技术员以及31至40岁年龄段公职人员的缺勤患病率更高。分析时段内的工伤事故共累及9名公职人员，累计缺勤124天，占全部健康相关缺勤天数的0.41%；工伤缺勤的患病率为0.17%，单次缺勤平均时长为13.78天。2020年与2021年的各项缺勤指数出现的波动，提示其可能与新冠疫情存在关联。