Estrés laboral crónico en cuidadores durante el año 2017 - 2018

Abstract

Abstract:The present research work was carried out in the Oncological Hospital Sociedad de Lucha contra el Cancer (SOLCA), with the participation of 40 volunteer employees, whose purpose was to establish the prevalence of chronic work stress in formal caregivers, besides establishing the relationship of stress with other modulating variables. The research was carried out under the exploratory, cross-sectional descriptive and correlational method. To this end, seven assessment instruments were used, ranging from the sociodemographic aspect, work stress and its dimensions, the emotional and operational burden, the type of support available to the participating employees, and their degree of resilience. The results of the research were that approximately 50% of the sample presents symptoms of chronic work stress syndrome, which reflect or somatize them with headaches, stomach problems, insomnia and anxiety, correlating these results with those obtained in the applied test. Approximately the remaining 50% has increased effects of stress-inhibiting factors, such as social and instrumental support and resilience, which protect them and attenuate the effects of chronic work-related stress syndrome.