Prevalence of Absenteeism-Disease in a Higher Education Institution

Abstract

Identifying possible causes of sickness absenteeism can favor the management of people through strategies to minimize changes and losses resulting from the absence of professionals, understanding work as one of the constituent dimensions of an individual's identity. The objective of this article was to analyze the absenteeism-illness rates of employees in a private higher education institution in the city of Montes Claros-MG, from August 2018 to August 2019. This is a descriptive study, with an approach quantitative and cross-sectional, composed of a sample of 57 employees of both sexes, aged between 20 and 70 years, who were absent for health reasons within the period in question. The data were obtained from the institution's human resources sector, replicated in a matrix spreadsheet and subsequently made the necessary treatments such as categorizations, curve calculations and analysis filters. Subsequently, the data were converted and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed a higher prevalence of females (68.4%) in absenteeism-illness, and the employees who occupy the technical-administrative function represented a higher percentage of absence 50.9%, followed by the position of professor 42.1%; general services 5.3% and psychologists 1.7%. Cultural, social, psychological and biological aspects may indicate a direct relationship to absenteeism-illness and the most important factors present in this study are possible to be prevented and/or monitored with training and periodic examinations.