Almirall HPJ, del Castillo MN, Parada FC, Reyes ÁL, González MA, Hernández RJS

Language: Spanish
References: 0
Page: 46-50
PDF size: 89.21 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The scope of the health workers is an excellent setting to assess the frequency of adverse effects (stress and fatigue) in our institutions and their comparison by sex. Material and method: 903 health workers (263 men and 640 women) who worked as professionals, technicians and administrative personnel in seven health institutions (a teaching hospital surgical and six polyclinics), were surveyed. Of all the participants was compiled: age, total working time and time in the current position. A database was compiled and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 18.5. Results: The main results can be classified as similar to those described in the literature and in some cases very similar to the levels of fatigue and stress reported in industrial workers and teachers. These results may be affected by the effect called N because there are about 3 women for every man in our sample, although both sexes reached a good sample size. The gender comparison led us to the claim that there are significant differences, the most affected being female. There were no associations with age in men neither with the working time in current position, but rather to the years of work. Conclusions: Not to generalize, we found a significant frequency of workers in these occupations, which were more affected by fatigue and stress. These negative effects were found to be associated with age in the case of women and with total working time in both sexes.