ABSTRACT
As organizações policiais são a principal fonte de sofrimento psíquico entre seus agentes comprometendo a qualidade de vida destes profissionais. Assim, este estudo teve como objetivo sumarizar a produção científica sobre a qualidade de vida de policiais através de uma revisão sistemática de estudos observacionais. Para tanto foram utilizados as bases MEDLINE via Pubmed, CINAHL e SCOPUS e artigos identificados por meio de busca manual. A estratégia de busca incluiu os seguintes descritores: qualities of life, quality of life, life qualities, life quality; police, police force, police forces, police officers, officer-police, officers-police, police officer, military police; epidemiologic studies, exp case control studies, exp cohort studies, case control, cohort adj (study or studies), cohort analys, follow up adj (study or studies), observational adj (study or studies), longitudinal, retrospective, cross sectional, cross-sectional studies; sem restrição de data e idioma. Foram incluídos seis estudos considerados potencialmente relevantes e com qualidade metodológica adequada. Os policiais expostos a desastres possuem menor qualidade de vida quando comparados aos não expostos, há associação da baixa qualidade de vida com a presença de depressão, doença física e altos níveis de estresse, e que policiais com alto nível de atividade física no lazer possuem melhor qualidade de vida.
Las organizaciones policiales son la principal fuente de sufrimiento psíquico entre sus agentes, lo cual compromete la calidad de vida de estos profesionales. Este estudio, se propuso como objetivo, resumir la producción científica sobre calidad de vida de policías, a través de una revisión sistemática de estudios observacionales. Con este propósito, fueron utilizadas las bases de datos MEDLINE vía Pubmed, CINAHL y SCOPUS, así como artículos identificados por medio de la búsqueda manual. La estrategia de búsqueda incluyó los siguientes descriptores: qualities of life, quality of life, life qualities, life quality; police, police force, police forces, police officers, officer-police, officers-police, police officer, military police; epidemiologic studies, exp case control studies, exp cohort studies, case control, cohort adj (study or studies), cohort analys, follow up adj (study or studies), observational adj (study or studies), longitudinal, retrospective, cross sectional, cross-sectional studies; sin restricción de fecha o idioma. Fueron incluidos seis estudios, considerados potencialmente relevantes y con calidad metodológica adecuada. Los policías expuestos a desastres, poseen menor calidad de vida, cuando son comparados con los no expuestos, existe asociación da baja calidad de vida con la presencia de depresión, enfermedad física y altos niveles de estrés, y que los policías con alto nivel de actividad física en el descanso, poseen mejor calidad de vida.
Police organizations are the main source of psychological distress among their agents, compromising the quality of life of these professionals. The aim of this paper was to summarize the scientific production about quality of life of policemen through a systematic review of observational studies. The electronic databases MEDLINE by Pubmed, CINAHL and SCOPUS were select for this purpose. Therefore, a manual search in the references studies about this topic was made. The research strategy included the descriptors quality of life: qualities of life, quality of life, life qualities, life quality; police, police force, police forces, police officers, officer-police, officers-police, police officer, military police; epidemiologic studies, exp case control studies, exp cohort studies, case control, cohort adj (study or studies), cohort analys, follow up adj (study or studies), observational adj (study or studies), longitudinal, retrospective, cross sectional, cross-sectional studies. There were not year and language restriction. This paper comprised six studies considered potentially relevant and adequate methodological quality. The officers exposed to disasters have lower quality of life compared to non- exposed, there is an association of low quality of life with the presence of depression, physical illness and high stress levels, and that officers with high level of leisure physical activity have better quality of life.