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

• Elisa Ansoleaga ^[1] ; Juan Pablo Toro C ^[1] ; Lorena Godoy C ^[1] ; Antonio Stecher ^[1] ; Josep M Blanch ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad Diego Portales

     Universidad Diego Portales

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 139, Nº. 9, 2011, págs. 1185-1191
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Psychophysiological distress among health care professionals working in Chilean public hospitals
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  • 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.