Identificación de factores de riesgos laborales psicosociales en el Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: Psychosocial occupational risks are events that occur as a result of the organization of work, whose characteristics and needs have repercussions on the worker's health. At present, health personnel have been faced with a great demand for work due to the health emergency, therefore, the present study aims to identify the main psychosocial risk factors in workers of a public company in the health sector of Naranjal during the year 2021. Through the quantitative method, data was collected using instruments such as the Ad Hoc questionnaire, the Maslach Chronic Work Stress Inventory, the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, the Psychological capital questionnaire, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales, UCLA Loneliness Scale and Resilience Scale. The results showed that 15% of national workers had average depression compared to 5% of foreign workers with the same dimension, 25% of national workers had average anxiety while foreigners obtained 10%, 15% moderate stress in nationals and 5% foreigners, state that national workers are slightly exposed to changes in mental status.