Impacto de los riesgos psicosociales en la salud de los trabajadores: una amenaza para las organizaciones ecuatorianas

Abstract

The World Health Organization, that anxiety and depression disorders in the working population cost the world economy $ 1 billion annually in productivity losses, statistics related to psychosocial risks, which have the potential to affect physical and mental well-being. and social performance of workers and influence their poor job performance. This study focused on evaluating the association between psychosocial risks with the medical rest of the workers of an Ecuadorian organization, through the application of the Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Psychosocial Risks in Work Spaces in Ecuador. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional cohort study, whose population consisted of 816 workers from an Ecuadorian organization. The crude prevalence of psychosocial risk dimensions, absolute frequency of medical rest, vulnerable socio-occupational variables in relation to medical rest, as well as the association of psychosocial risk dimensions and socio-labor variables with medical rest, were calculated. Results: A predominance of a low risk level (61.2%) was determined, followed by a medium risk level (34.4%) and a high risk level (4.4%); A statistically significant association was observed between the medical breaks registered with the socio-occupational variables (age and gender) and the psychosocial risk dimensions (Development of competencies and other important points). Conclusions: There is evidence of a statistical correlation between reported medical rest with the skills development dimensions and other important points, in addition to the socio-labor variables of age and gender.