Work stress in workers with high intra-occupational risk in a level 3 hospital institution in Buga, Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.18041/2322-634X/rcso.1.2014.4892Keywords:
Stress, symptoms, correlation, psychosocial risk factors, in labor risk factorsAbstract
Objective: To determine the prevalence of stress in workers of a Level 3 Health Services Institution, previously identified as a high-risk population.
Methodology: Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study carried out on 65 workers from the medical and administrative areas in a third-level health company in Buga, Colombia. A questionnaire validated by the Colombian government was applied to assess stress for this purpose. The correlation between stress and intraworking factors associated with high risk and stress was explored.
Results: High physiological levels of stress were identified in 10.5% of professional and technical managers; however, low and very low risk levels predominated when specifically evaluating behavioral, intellectual, or psycho-emotional symptoms. Among auxiliaries and operators, 15.2% showed physiological symptoms associated with high risk, reaching 2.2% a very high level. Regarding risk factors due to intra-occupational psychosocial factors, all the participants had been classified as high risk according to a study carried out by IPS in 2012.
Conclusions: The results of this study do not show significant binding or causal trends, indicating that high psychosocial risk factors are not determinants of a high prevalence of stress in these workers.
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