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- Title
Riesgo psicosocial laboral y patología mental en trabajadores de hospital.
- Authors
Ansoleaga M., Elisa; Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro
- Abstract
There is growing evidence on the association between exposure to psychosocial risk at work and adverse health outcomes. Objective: to describe and analyze the presence of psychosocial risks at work and mental health symptoms in non-clinical workers from a public hospital. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted at a public hospital in Santiago (Chile). A self-administered questionnaire was applied to assess exposure to psychosocial risks (demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models). The outcome variables were depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and psychotropic drug consumption. The analysis was descriptive and associative (Fisher's exact test) Results: 47% of the workers showed high psychological demands, 46% low autonomy, 61% low social support and 75% imbalance between effort expended and rewards received. The prevalence of depressive and anxious symptoms in the total sample was 10% and 30% respectively, while 25% reported having used psychotropic drugs. The consumption of psychotropic drugs was significantly higher (p < 0.05) among those with low social support and effort-reward imbalance. Discussion: the consumption of psychotropic drugs was associated with low social support and imbalance between efforts expended and rewards received. This might have implications in the workers' health and performance; therefore, further research is required, particularly on this kind of population, to understand this relationship and thus develop prevention programs in this regard.
- Subjects
SANTIAGO (Chile); CHILE; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; ADVERSE health care events; MENTAL health; PSYCHIATRIC drugs; PUBLIC hospitals
- Publication
Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, 2011, Vol 29, Issue 4, p372
- ISSN
0120-386X
- Publication type
Article