Objectives Analyse the quality of life of workers of administrative department who carry out repetitive functions in a medical certification central.

Method This study was carried out in a transversal analytical approaching. The sample was constituted by 62 workers of the administrative sector of a medical certification central in the state of São Paulo. As an instrument of gathering the data the used questionnaires were: Anamnesis Questionnaire with personal and professional data, Nordic Questionnaire, Job stress scale, SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire. The characterisation of the sample was obtained through descriptive statistics, where test t and correlation of Pearson test were applied.

Results a According to the results of the analysis of the Nordic questionnaire, 33, 87% mentioned feeling pain in the wrists and hands. In the correlation made among the data of SF-36 and Nordic questionnaire, it was showed that they presented complaints about the Nordic, minor was the score in the variables of SF-36: limitation by physical aspects, pain, vitality, emotional aspects and mental health.

Conclusions It is concluded that the most affected segments were wrists and hands, with 33, 87%, followed by anklebone and feet with 16, 13%.