Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é identificar o impacto da saúde na qualidade de vida (QV) e qualidade da vida profissional (QVT) de professores universitários. Estudo descritivo, transversal, que avaliou 284 professores universitários das áreas da saúde, biologia, agrarias, humanas e exatas. A avaliação ocorreu através da aplicação de um questionário sociodemográfico com questões relacionadas aos dados de saúde, o WHOQOL-bref para avaliar QV e o TQWL-42 para avaliar a qualidade da vida no trabalho (QVT). Verificou-se que os professores que praticam atividade física apresentaram melhor QV e QVT e relataram melhor qualidade de sono, além disso, elas eram menores em professores que usam medicação, que têm uma dieta pobre e têm menos atividades de lazer. Além disso, a idade foi associada a melhor QV. A qualidade de vida e qualidade de vida no trabalho sofrem impacto dos aspectos relacionados à saúde.

Key words: Posture; Evaluation; Knee; Photogrammetry

Urban transport drivers, specifically taxi and motorcycle taxi drivers, are exposed to particular environmental, societal, and health situations related to their occupation. To compare work capacity and quality of life of taxi and motorcycle taxi drivers, and correlate quality of life and work ability, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 232 motorcycle taxi drivers and 60 male taxi drivers in urban cities of Brazil. Three instruments were used for evaluation: a questionnaire on sociodemographic and occupational issues, the Work Capacity Index (WCI), and the WHOQOL-bref (World Health Organization Quality of Life–Bref). Taxi drivers presented better evaluation scores in the physical and psychological domains and general quality of life (QOL) (p < 0.01), and better self-perceived work ability (lower physical and mental demands, fewer diagnosed diseases, less incapacity for professional practice, p < 0.001). In addition, there was a positive relationship between QOL and WCI (p = 0.001). Motorcycle taxi drivers had worse self-perceived QOL and of work ability, and there was a positive correlation between QOL and work ability.

Keywords: Shoulder pain; Shoulder; Scapula; Dyskinesias

To assess the correlation between low levels of progesterone and ovulation by ultrasound monitoring in infertile patients with regular menstrual cycles. Case-control study. The sample consisted of 302 women aged 20-40 years, treated from 2000 to 2014 in the Human Reproduction Laboratory of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Goiás and in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Goiânia, Goiás. Data collection was performed by analysis of physical records (Medical Records and Health Information Services) and electronic ones (Sisfert©, 2004) after approval by a Human Research Ethics Committee. Patients were classified according to their ovulatory status, evaluated by progesterone levels and ultrasound monitoring and divided into two groups: Group I (anovulatory cycle patients, n=74) and Group II (ovulatory patients, n=228). In both groups associations were made between the percentage of patients with normal progesterone (≥ 10 ng/ml) and percentage of patients with low progesterone (5.65 - 9.9 ng/ml). The groups were paired for comparisons related to age, body mass index, duration of infertility, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and estradiol (E2). There was a significant association between the percentage of ovulation by ultrasound monitoring and the percentages of patients who presented low levels of progesterone. The study suggests that low serum levels of progesterone are associated with low percentage of ovulation in infertile women with regular menstrual cycles and women with unexplained infertility.