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. 2021 Jul-Aug;139(4):331-340.
doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2020.0661.R2.0902021.

Quality of life of Family Health Strategy professionals: a systematic review

Ana Carolina Chagas Pinatto Balabem  1 , Murilo Navarro de Oliveira  2 , Álex Moreira Herval  3 , Ítalo de Macedo Bernardino  4 , Walbert de Andrade Vieira  5 , Renata Prata Cunha Bernardes Rodrigues  6 , Luiz Renato Paranhos  7
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Quality of life of Family Health Strategy professionals: a systematic review

Ana Carolina Chagas Pinatto Balabem et al. Sao Paulo Med J. 2021 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Background: Individuals' quality of working life and motivation are directly related to their satisfaction and wellbeing. Although studies on the quality of life of family health workers have been conducted, there are none correlating these professionals' wellbeing with this work model.

Objective: To review the scientific literature in order to identify the levels of quality of life, in their dimensions, of Family Health Strategy workers.

Design and setting: Systematic review of observational studies developed through a partnership between two postgraduate schools (Piracicaba and Uberlândia).

Methods: The review followed the PRISMA recommendations and was registered in the PROSPERO database. Ten databases were used, including the "grey literature". Two evaluators selected the eligible studies, collected the data and assessed the risk of biases, independently. The JBI tool was used to assess the risk of bias. A complementary statistical analysis was conducted on the means and standard deviations of the results from the WHOQOL-100 and WHOQOL-bref questionnaires.

Results: The initial search presented 1,744 results, from which eight were included in the qualitative analysis. The studies were published between 2007 and 2018. The total sample included 1,358 answered questionnaires. All the studies presented low risk of bias. The complementary analysis showed that the environmental factor (mean score 56.12 ± 2.33) had the most influence on the quality of life of community health workers, while physical health (mean score 14.29 ± 0.21) had the most influence on graduate professionals.

Conclusion: Professionals working within the Family Health Strategy had dimensions of quality of life that varied according to their professional category.

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Conflict of interest: None

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Flowchart of the literature search and selection process adapted from the PRISMA statement.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. A) Levels of quality-of-life domains reported in the eligible studies based on the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-bref questionnaire; B) Levels of quality-of-life domains reported in the eligible studies based on the WHOQOL-100 questionnaire.
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