Nível de atividade física e qualidade de vida de policiais militares do estado do Piauí

Abstract

The impact on the quality of life (QL) suffered by military police officers throughout their career can be worrying, due to the challenging and, at times, exhausting routine of public security professionals, as military police officers are routinely exposed to high stress loads. long working hours and the risk of imminent death, which can affect several aspects of an individual's life, such as physical, psychological and social well-being.Lately, physical activity has been observed as a non-drug treatment option for several populations, which can have an impact on the individual's QoL and well-being. Thus, an adequate level of physical activity (PAL) can be beneficial for the QoL of public security professionals. Given this, this study aims to investigate the NAF and the QoL of military police officers in the state of Piauí. The study sample consisted of 156 military police officers from Piauí (age: 37.2 ± 8.9 years; length of service: 11.8 ± 10.2 years), 132 men and 24 women. Data collection was carried out remotely (online) using a list of PM contacts. A sociodemographic questionnaire, questionnaire for the NAF (IPAQ) and QV (WHOQOL-Bref) were used, which were inserted into the Google Forms platform and the link was sent by email and subsequently contacted via the WhatsApp messaging application. Descriptive statistics with absolute (f) and relative frequency (%), mean, standard deviation and confidence interval (95% CI) were adopted. A Pearson correlation was used to quantify the relationship between PAL and QoL. The study's significance level was p < 0.05 and all analyzes were conducted using SPSS 25.0 software. The results showed the sociodemographic characteristics of military police officers, where 59% of military police officers were classified as physically 'active' or 'very active'. Regarding the QOL domains, the sample presented good scores in the physical domain (76.4 ± 11.9 points), psychological domain (76.9 ± 9.4 points), social relationships domain (77.3 ± 10.9 points), environmental domain (67.9 ± 9.1 points) and general QoL (73.9 ± 8.4 points). The analyzes showed that there was a positive correlation between PAL and the physical (r = 0.266; p < 0.001), psychological (r = 0.188; p = 0.019) and general QoL (r = 0.237; p = 0.003) domains, but not for the social relations and environment domains. It was concluded that there is a positive correlation between PAL and the physical, psychological and general QL domains, indicating that the higher the PAL of Piauí military police officers, the better their general QL. Thus, the importance of regular physical activity in improving aspects of QoL is demonstrated, highlighting the need for interventions to promote more active and healthy lifestyles in this population.