Evaluación de los factores de riesgo psicosocial en el personal docente que labora en la Unidad Educativa William Caxton, en la ciudad de Quito en época de pandemia.

Abstract

Background: It has been documented in previous studies that Home Office may be responsible for generating psychosocial problems in employees who adopt this type of modality: thus, social isolation, overwork and lack of support from the organization increases the probability that the worker presents serious damage to his physical, mental and social health (1). Objectives: General: Evaluate the psychosocial risk present in the teachers who works in the William Caxton Educational Center, in Quito city during pandemic. Specifics: Identify the predominant psychosocial risk factors in the studied sample. Propose intervention strategies that minimize the appearance of psychosocial risk factors identified in teachers who work at the William Caxton Educational Unit, in Quito city during pandemic. Method: Observational descriptive study, with a sample of 77 employees who worked in the Educational Center under the home office modality at the time of the study was taken. We used the FPSICO version 4.0 questionnaire of the INSHT (National Institute of Safety and Health at Work) which assesses 9 items such as: working time, autonomy, workload, psychological demands, variety / content, participation / supervision, interest in the worker/compensation, role performance, relationships and social support. Results: The following psychosocial risk factors were presented with a very high risk: workload (72%), psychological demands (61%), and work time (65.3%) found in the study population. Conclusion: The identification of psychosocial risk factors is the majority in women. It is recommended to carry out periodic reviews of the teachers of the educational institution in question to identify working conditions that could predispose to the development of psychosocial risk factors in the study population that achieve disturb the job performance by teleworking of each teacher.