Qualidade de vida dos professores do ensino público estadual do Rio Grande do Sul ; Quality of life of Rio Grande do Sul state public education tea- chers

The World Health Organization defines quality of life as an individual's perception of their insertion in life, in the cultural context and in value systems in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns, involving physical, psychological well-being , social relationships such as work, family and friends, and the environment. Teachers' activities are characterized by concrete, dynamic, multidimensional, interactive social practices, always unprecedented and unpredictable, forming a process that is influenced by economic, psychological, technical, cultural, ethical, political, institutional, affective aspects and, therefore, considering that work makes up a large part of human life, directly and/or indirectly influencing quality of life. This study consists of cross-sectional research with a quantitative approach. The places for the development of the study were the State public schools of Rio Grande do Sul and the participants were effective teachers with class management, comprising a sample of 375 participants with a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of 5% . Data collection was through an online questionnaire with two sessions, the first with sociodemographic information and the second using the WHOQOL-bref instrument for assessing quality of life. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 19.0. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used for analysis, through absolute frequency (f), relative (%), mean and standard deviation and those that did not meet the assumption of normality, non-parametric statistics described for the median, Mann- Witney (U), interquartile range and normality test (Kolmogorov-Smirnov). The present study was approved by the ethics committee of the UFSM according to the embodied opinion n.º: 5.346.491. The 1065 public school teachers working in RS who participated in the research mostly have a sociodemographic profile, are female, married, white, with children, live in their own paid-up homes, family income ranges from 4 to 5 minimum wages ...