El estrés laboral crónico en cuidadores de la ciudad de Cariamanga, Cantón Calvas, provincia de Loja, durante el año 20172018

Abstract

The objective of this research was to identify the prevalence of chronic work stress in caregivers working in public institutions, in the city of Cariamanga, Calvas, during the year 2017-2018. The research was non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative, conducted to 40 caregivers through some data collection instruments such as: sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, MBI questionnaire, burden interview for formal caregivers, satisfaction scale vital ESV, general health questionnaire GHQ-28, BRIEF-COPE questionnaire, AS questionnaire, and Brief Resilence Scale BRS. It was possible to determine in the results that the female sex prevails in 90% of the caregivers, 15% present work stress, 85% of the participants have intense overload, 42.5% feel slightly satisfied vitally, the symptoms reached are somatic with 82.5% and anxiety by 85%, they also receive emotional support with an average of 22.15; From this point of view, it is opportune to give relevance to the identification of chronic work stress in health care workers.