Association between the environment and work conditions profile and the perception of health and quality of life in teachers in elementary education

Objective: To analyze the associations between environment and work conditions profile and teachers' quality of life.Methods: Descriptive-cross-sectional study with 349 teachers of Basic Education from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, regarding state and municipal systems. The teachers answered the "Environment and Work Conditions Profile" and health questions. The variables were related by linear regression considering the quality of life as dependent variable and the perception of working conditions as explanatory variable.Results: The dimensions compensation and benefits and physical environment showed high percentage of dissatisfaction. More than half of the teachers were dissatisfied with the ergonomic furniture and equipment and noisy and temperature conditions; 52.8% presented mental exhaustion always/often and 50.1% reported difficulties due to aggressive students. Environment and work conditions profile explained 24.6% of environment domain of quality of life evaluation.Conclusion: Teachers perceive that the career benefits are below the relevance and the demands of the profession. Dissatisfaction with working conditions is materialized by the reduction of these professionals' health. Furthermore, social support in the school environment seems to make conditions more favorable to the work.

研究目的：分析环境与工作条件概况与教师生活质量之间的关联。
研究方法：选取巴西圣卡塔琳娜州弗洛里亚诺波利斯市州立与市政基础教育体系的349名教师，开展描述性横断面研究。教师完成《环境与工作条件概况量表》与健康相关问题问卷。以教师生活质量为因变量、工作条件感知为解释变量，采用线性回归分析变量间的关联。
研究结果：薪酬福利与物理环境两个维度的不满意占比极高。超半数教师对人体工程学家具设备、噪音及温度环境存在不满；52.8%的教师始终或频繁出现精神倦怠，50.1%的教师表示曾因学生的攻击性行为遭遇工作困境。环境与工作条件概况可解释教师生活质量评价中环境维度24.6%的变异量。
研究结论：教师普遍认为，职业薪酬福利与该职业的岗位要求及重要性不相匹配。工作条件不满可通过教师健康水平下降得以体现。此外，学校环境中的社会支持似乎能改善工作条件，提升工作友好性。