Cascaes SF, da Rosa IR, Cesar ZM, Griss EC, da Silva R, Andrade A

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The police work is one of the most stressful professions in the world, because of physical threats in your operating field, as these professionals work in their daily lives, with violence, brutality and death. Objective: To compare the level of physical activity during leisure time, coronary risk, satisfaction with work, domains of quality of life and anthropometric data according to professional practice time in the military police. Methods: The sample was composed of military officers who met the eligibility criteria of the study. Initially, subjects were submitted to an interview, application of questionnaires and anthropometric assessment. Results: There were significant differences in functioning, bodily pain, general health, physical component, level of perceived stress, conicity index, waist circumference, waist height, relative body fat and coronary risk score according to the professional practice time in the Military Police. Conclusion: It can be concluded that professional practice time in the military police have anthropometric changes, coronary risk and low quality of life.