Proposición de medidas de prevención de los riesgos psicosociales en el personal de emergencia del Hospital del Día El Batán-IESS

Abstract

The investigation was carried out with the purpose of proposing preventive measures on the psychosocial risk to 41 workers of the emergency care in the El Batan-IESS outpatient Hospital of Quito, based on the analysis of workstation, identification and risk assessment factors as well as, considering results to establish intervention measures. The Ergonomic checklist (EC) was useful for the characterization of workstation features and establish that within them are dimensions wich require urgent actions. FPSICO was used to identifity and assess risk. Hence, standing out workload profile and psychological demands wich indicate a high exposing level. The comprehensive assessment pointed out the existence of risk require implementation of preventive measures. This has proven that the health staff wich Works in emergency care is vulnerable to psychosocial inherent risk towards physical, social and emotional sorroundings in wich they are exposed frequently. Therefore, structural and organizational measures are proposed according to the availability of human and economic resources. This is to improve actual factors status and psychosocial risks found in the study.