Objective

to investigate the prevalence of negative self-rated health and associated factors among municipal health service workers in Diamantina, MG, Brazil.

Methods

this was a cross-sectional census study using Poisson regression.

Results

203 health workers took part in the study, 70.9% were female, and 57.1% were up to 38 years old; prevalence of negative self-rated health was 28.6% (95%CI22.4;34.8); in the multivariate analysis, the following were associated with the outcome: being 39 years old or more (PR=1.56 – 95%CI1.01;2.40), monthly family income >3 minimum wages (PR=0.63 – 95%CI0.41;0.97), having another paid occupation (PR=0.55 – 95%CI0.34;0.89), poor sleep quality (PR=1.99 – 95%CI1.32;2.99), diagnosis of one disease (PR=2.33 – 95%CI1.13;4.81) or multiple diseases (PR=2.63 – 95%CI1.32;5.24), suffering aggression at work (PR=1.92 – 95%CI1.29;2.85), and frequent participation in domestic activities (PR=0.55 – 95%CI0.38;0.80).

Conclusion

prevalence of negative self-rated health was high and was associated with sociodemographic, occupational, behavioral and health situation factors.

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