Quality of life is an important aspect of teacher health, since many tasks have been assigned to them as part of their daily work routine. OBJETIVE: To evaluate the quality of life of elementary school teachers in the city of Jequié, Brazil. METHODS: The research was carried out with a random sample consisting of 91 teachers who had responded to the generic (SF-36) quality of life questionnaire, which analyzes eight domains related to quality of life. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, which were expressed in means, frequency and standard deviation. RESULTS: All the areas of the SF-36 were compromised. The lowest scores were obtained for vitality (46.26) and pain (53), whereas and functional capacity (65.71) and emotionally-related limitations (62.63) recorded the highest values. CONCLUSIOn: The quality of life of this population was low, which may be influencing the health status of these individuals.
Teacher; elementary education; quality of life
