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- Title
Influencia de los factores ambientales en mujeres teleoperadoras con migraña y cefaleas, evaluado a través de un formulario basado en la Clasificación Internacional de la Discapacidad y Salud.
- Authors
Peña Testa, Claudia Leticia; Villasana López, Pedro Enrique; Moreno Leiva, Germán Mauricio; Guillermo Estay-Sepúlveda, Juan
- Abstract
Headaches and Migraines are characterized by recurrent and disabling pain. They are one of the main causes of absence from work, however, it has not been determined what are the environmental factors that influence people who suffer from these types of disorders. The aim of the study is to identify the main environmental factors that influence on "contact-center" executives who suffer from migraines and headaches. The study is quantitative-descriptive, the sample consisted of 32 women between 45-65 years of age from the La Florida district of Chile, with a diagnosis of chronic headache or migraine, the participants answered a survey through a CIF form for environmental factors, with the variables: Medications, use of technological devices, means of transportation, workplace architecture, home architecture, climate, friends, close relatives, health professionals and public politics. In the categorization the factors can be considered as Facilitator, Barrier or Neutral. Among the results, the following factors were considered as facilitators: Medications, friends, close relatives. Barriers or limiters were considered: use of technological devices, the climate, public policies. They obtained a neutral result: means of transport, architecture of the workplace, architecture of the home and health professionals. It can be concluded that the identified facilitators were the presence or help of friends and family, along with medications and the main barriers were public policies, the use of technological devices and the weather.
- Subjects
MIGRAINE; HEADACHE treatment; REMOTE control; ENVIRONMENTAL health; WOMEN; TELEMARKETING; INTERNATIONAL Classification of Functioning, Disability &; Health
- Publication
Gaceta Laboral, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
1315-8597
- Publication type
Article