Factores de riesgo psicosocial en personal de limpieza de un hospital de atención COVID-19

Abstract

Objectives: Identifying prevalence of exposition to psychosocial risk factors in cleaning staff of a COVID- 19 medical attention center of Ecuadorian Social Security Institute in order to establish distribution according to medical attention areas. Method: It was developed a descriptive observational transversal study in 107 auxiliary workers of cleaning area. It was used "Instruments battery to psychosocial risk factors evaluation" applying "The psychosocial intra-labor risk factors questionnaire (form b)", which analyze topics as: job demands, control, leadership, and social relationships in work and reward. Method: It was developed a descriptive observational transversal study in 107 auxiliary workers of cleaning area. It was used "Instruments battery to psychosocial risk factors evaluation" applying "The psychosocial intra-labor risk factors questionnaire (form b)", which analyze topics as: job demands, control, leadership, and social relationships in work and reward. Results: Totality of cleaning auxiliary staff participated (107 workers), 79.4% women, general psychosocial risk factors are identified at a medium level of 43,5 % women and 50% me, in work areas and hours (turns) corresponds 50% in COVID-19 and 44% in No-COVID 19, 40% in 8 hours, 100% in 12 hours and 66,7% in 24 hours. Conclusion: For auxiliary cleaning staff, psychosocial risk factors, generally, are medium level in all of the areas. However, in COVID-19 areas, it was identified a high risk level representing 75% in work demands domain, and 78% in rewards domain in No-COVID 19 areas