COMPARISON OF QUALITY OF LIFE OF PROFESSORS AMONG DIFFERENT COURSES/SCHOOLS OF THE UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ EM SANTA CATARINA

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the quality of life of teachers of different courses at the Health Sciences Center, of the Universidade do Vale do Itajai in Santa Catarina. Data collection was made by filling the instrument of evaluation the quality of life of the World Health Organization, the World Health Organization Quality of Life. This instrument has one hundred questions, composing six domains (physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationships, environment and spirituality). After collecting the data, the scores for each domain were scored and compared using analysis of variance with subsequent application of the Tukey test to check for significant differences between the courses. The sample consisted of 100 teachers of Health Center. The average scores of the courses demonstrated a good quality of life, with low scores in the physical domain. The faculty, medical had the highest scores on quality of life and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences had the lowest scores. Comparing the courses, there was a statistically significant difference between the teachers of Medicine, Dentistry and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences only in the psychological domain.