Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región Metropolitana

Background: The public health reform in Chile resulted in changes in working conditions and organization of health centers. Aim: To examine the presence of psychophysiological symptoms in professionals of public hospitals in the Metropolitan Region and their association with current working conditio...

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Autores principales: Ansoleaga,Elisa, Toro C,Juan Pablo, Godoy C,Lorena, Stecher,Antonio, Blanch,Josep M
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2011
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720110009000112011-11-17Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región MetropolitanaAnsoleaga,ElisaToro C,Juan PabloGodoy C,LorenaStecher,AntonioBlanch,Josep M Psychology, social Sociology Women, working Background: The public health reform in Chile resulted in changes in working conditions and organization of health centers. Aim: To examine the presence of psychophysiological symptoms in professionals of public hospitals in the Metropolitan Region and their association with current working conditions. Material and Methods: A questionnaire of quality of working life was applied to a sample of 80 physicians and 110 nurses. The questionnaire considers scales and open questions. Results: Nurses had a higher level of discomfort than physicians (p < 0.01) and had significantly higher scores for emotional distress, physical fatigue, digestive disorders, headache, insomnia, back pain and muscle tension (p < 0.01). There were statistically significant negative correlations between psychophysiological distress and working conditions (r = -0.418), social climate (r = -0.395), satisfaction with the organization (r = -0.337) and psychosocial well-being (r = -0.267). A regression model showed that 21% of the variance in psychophysiological distress was explained by working conditions, psychosocial well-being and adaptation to the organization. Conclusions: There is a relationship between the high prevalence of psychophysiological symptoms and bad working conditions of public health professionals.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.139 n.9 20112011-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000900011es10.4067/S0034-98872011000900011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Psychology, social
Sociology
Women, working
spellingShingle Psychology, social
Sociology
Women, working
Ansoleaga,Elisa
Toro C,Juan Pablo
Godoy C,Lorena
Stecher,Antonio
Blanch,Josep M
Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región Metropolitana
description Background: The public health reform in Chile resulted in changes in working conditions and organization of health centers. Aim: To examine the presence of psychophysiological symptoms in professionals of public hospitals in the Metropolitan Region and their association with current working conditions. Material and Methods: A questionnaire of quality of working life was applied to a sample of 80 physicians and 110 nurses. The questionnaire considers scales and open questions. Results: Nurses had a higher level of discomfort than physicians (p < 0.01) and had significantly higher scores for emotional distress, physical fatigue, digestive disorders, headache, insomnia, back pain and muscle tension (p < 0.01). There were statistically significant negative correlations between psychophysiological distress and working conditions (r = -0.418), social climate (r = -0.395), satisfaction with the organization (r = -0.337) and psychosocial well-being (r = -0.267). A regression model showed that 21% of the variance in psychophysiological distress was explained by working conditions, psychosocial well-being and adaptation to the organization. Conclusions: There is a relationship between the high prevalence of psychophysiological symptoms and bad working conditions of public health professionals.
author Ansoleaga,Elisa
Toro C,Juan Pablo
Godoy C,Lorena
Stecher,Antonio
Blanch,Josep M
author_facet Ansoleaga,Elisa
Toro C,Juan Pablo
Godoy C,Lorena
Stecher,Antonio
Blanch,Josep M
author_sort Ansoleaga,Elisa
title Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región Metropolitana
title_short Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región Metropolitana
title_full Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región Metropolitana
title_fullStr Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región Metropolitana
title_full_unstemmed Malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la Región Metropolitana
title_sort malestar psicofisiológico en profesionales de la salud pública de la región metropolitana
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2011
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000900011
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