PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS IN HOSPITAL WORK OF NURSES IN THE PROVINCES OF CORDOBA, JUJUY, SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO AND LA PAMPA, ARGENTINA.
Abstract The objective of this research was to identify psychosocial risks in the work of nurses in public institutions in second level of attention in the provinces of Cordoba, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero and La Pampa, Argentina. A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed over 1129 nurses belo...
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Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/16790 |
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| Sumario: | Abstract The objective of this research was to identify psychosocial risks in the work of nurses in public institutions in second level of attention in the provinces of Cordoba, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero and La Pampa, Argentina. A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed over 1129 nurses belonging to public hospitals in the provinces of Cordoba, Santiago del Estero, La Pampa and Jujuy, chosen through simple random probability sample, with a level of confidence of 95% and error sampling of 5%. It was determined, regarding hiding emotions, when asking Do you consider your work causes emotional distress, that in Cordoba there is 82.2 % of positive answers, the same as in Santiago del Estero; the frequence sometimes is 85.8% in Jujuy and it also exceeds 80% in La Pampa. A similar situation is presented with the question Do you have to keep you emotions and avoid expressing them; the highest frequency of answers goes for the categories always and frequently. It was found that between 20 and 40% of workers expressed they cannot do their work in peace and keep it up to date. As a conclusion, this health staff presents high frequency of exposition to psychosocial risks in the work setting, creating the need to find out about the conditioning factors of these risks and set up actions to promote healthier working environments. |
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