Self-report of worse back pain among teachers at state schools in Minas Gerais during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: One of the consequences of halting face-to-face educational activities during the COVID-19 pandemic was worse back pain.

Objectives: To evaluate worse back pain in teachers working in elementary state schools in Montes Claros, MG.

Methods: This is a websurvey-type epidemiological survey using an on-line questionnaire to assess sociodemographic characteristics, working conditions, health condition, and behaviors during the pandemic.

Physical Activity among Elderly Teachers Working in Basic Education Schools.

This study aimed to assess the levels of physical activity (PA) among elderly teachers. It was an epidemiological, cross-sectional, and analytical web survey conducted with teachers working in public basic education schools. Data collection took place between October and December 2021 through an online form.

COVID-19 pandemic: dissatisfaction with work among teachers in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

This article aimed to verify the prevalence and factors associated with dissatisfaction with teaching work among teachers from the state public basic education network in the state of Minas Gerais during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a websurvey, carried out with these teachers between August and September 2020 via digital form. The dependent variable was job satisfaction during the pandemic, with satisfied people being the reference category.

Working conditions, lifestyle and mental health of Brazilian public-school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This study aimed to describe the working conditions, lifestyle and mental health of Brazilian public-school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an epidemiological websurvey, carried out from August to September 2020. Teachers from public schools in rural and urban areas in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, participated in the study.

Back pain occurred due to changes in routinary activities among Brazilian schoolteachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: This study's main objective was to investigate the emergence of back pain as a consequence to changes in usual activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic among teachers in public schools in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 15,276 schoolteachers using an online questionnaire. The variables included sociodemographic and occupational data, health situation, habits and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workplace violence among municipal health care workers in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2017.

Background: Health care workers stand out in recent studies as a function of high rates of workplace violence.

Objective: To calculate the prevalence of workplace violence involving health care workers and associated factors.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with municipal health care workers in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Prevalence of smoking in Brazilian schoolteachers, 2016.

This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of smoking and associated factors in a nationally representative sample of 6,510 Brazilian schoolteachers. Data were obtained from telephone interviews using a questionnaire on sociodemographic information, health status, work absenteeism, and the characteristics of teaching work. Smoking was analyzed as a dichotomous variable using univariate and multivariate logistic regression.

Musculoskeletal pain among healthcare workers: an exploratory study on gender differences.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorder rates among healthcare workers are high compared to other occupational groups. Studies indicate a higher prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in women as compared to men in most productive sectors. The objectives of our study were to assess the prevalence of upper-limb musculoskeletal pain in male and female employees of the Belo Horizonte municipal Health Department, and to identify associated factors, considering individual and occupational characteristics, by gender.

[Musculoskeletal disorders among healthcare workers in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil].

This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and associated factors in a sample of 1,808 workers (from a total of 13,602) in the municipal health system in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Prevalence was calculated according to self-reported pain in the upper or lower limbs and/or back, and size of associations was estimated by univariate (p ≤ 0.20) and multivariate Poisson regression (p ≤ 0.