Associação entre a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal e a capacidade para o trabalho de técnicos administrativos em educação: um estudo transversal.

Background: Active workers constitute an important part of the population that demand health services. The study of the relationship between oral health and work aims to improve quality of life and professional performance. Objective: to associate the work ability and oral health-related quality of life of technical-administrative personnel in education of a higher education institution in Minas Gerais. Method: cross-sectional study with 833 employees. Collected identification data, socioeconomic and demographic, self-perception and morbidity in oral health. The impact of oral health on quality of life was assessed by the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) and the ability to work by the Work Capability Index (WAI). Data analyzed by the Mann-Whitney test and Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results: 83% of respondents had great or good ability to work. Positive and significant correlation of self-perception of oral health with self-perception of general health (p <0.001), and negative correlation with CTI (p = 0.026). In the regression analysis, total WAI remained significant for the physical pain domain of OHIP-14. Conclusion: ability to work was associated with the physical pain domain. Sociodemographic and self-perception conditions also impacted the quality of life associated with oral health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]