Factores psicosociales y síntomas de estrés laboral en trabajadores del área de producción de una empresa metal-mecánica de El Salto, Jalisco

Abstract

Workers continue to be exposed to an endless of hazards in their working environment. One of the main hazards are the psychosocial risk factors. As Metalmechanic workers are not the exception, the objective of this article is to analyze the association between psychosocial factors and stress symptoms in this population. The study was cross-sectional and descriptive. The sample was constituted by operators of a metal-mechanic company located in Jalisco, Mexico. Three instruments were used: a questionnaire of sociodemographic and occupational data, The Symptomatic Stress Scale and The Scale of Psychosocial Factors at Work. The prevalence of stress symptoms and psychosocial factors was 42.7% and 77.3%, respectively. Values of signiicant association were obtained (p less than 0.05) in ive areas of the Scale of Psychosocial Factors and the Symptomatic Stress Scale. Similar results have been reported regarding the higher risk of psychosomatic disorders when stress occurs. These disorders are twice as high related to sleep disorders, anxiety, tension headache and muscle skeletal diseases. Also, there are reports regarding signiicant associations among the whole areas included in the instrument of psychosocial factors and the manifestations of stress. So, it is essential that organizations design and apply strategies focused on decreasing psychosocial risks.

Keywords

• psychosocial factors
• symptoms of stress