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Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19
BACKGROUND: Health care personnel providing direct care to COVID-19 patients may perceive high mental load. In this study, we aimed to determine the mental workload perceived by the workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with different variables. METHODS: Cross-sectional study car...
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Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Salud
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10065042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36477086 http://dx.doi.org/10.23938/ASSN.1024 |
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author | Espinoza Aguilera, Noelia Luengo Martínez, Carolina |
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description | BACKGROUND: Health care personnel providing direct care to COVID-19 patients may perceive high mental load. In this study, we aimed to determine the mental workload perceived by the workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with different variables. METHODS: Cross-sectional study carried out in Chile that included 411 health care professionals. The following data were collected by means of an on-line questionnaire: sociodemographic, work-related, health, and psychological mediators and perception of the organizational conditions. The Subjective Mental Workload Scale (SCAM) -a 1 to 5 rating instrument- was applied. Scores >3 indicated high perceived mental load. We determined the independent predictors of perceived high mental load. RESULTS: Health care workers perceived medium-high mental load, 3.69 (IQR = 3.35-4.05); 78.4% of these professionals perceived high mental load. Several variables, mainly related to the organizational conditions of their job, acted as independent predictors for high mental load: being a nurse, having been in the job <6 years, had been working in hospital care, had had symptoms of stress and inadequate sleep, having a low perception regarding access to personal protection equipment and psychological support at their work site. CONCLUSIONS: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers perceive high mental burden, mainly associated to the organizational conditions of their job. |
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spelling | pubmed-100650422023-04-13 Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 Espinoza Aguilera, Noelia Luengo Martínez, Carolina An Sist Sanit Navar Artículos Originales BACKGROUND: Health care personnel providing direct care to COVID-19 patients may perceive high mental load. In this study, we aimed to determine the mental workload perceived by the workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with different variables. METHODS: Cross-sectional study carried out in Chile that included 411 health care professionals. The following data were collected by means of an on-line questionnaire: sociodemographic, work-related, health, and psychological mediators and perception of the organizational conditions. The Subjective Mental Workload Scale (SCAM) -a 1 to 5 rating instrument- was applied. Scores >3 indicated high perceived mental load. We determined the independent predictors of perceived high mental load. RESULTS: Health care workers perceived medium-high mental load, 3.69 (IQR = 3.35-4.05); 78.4% of these professionals perceived high mental load. Several variables, mainly related to the organizational conditions of their job, acted as independent predictors for high mental load: being a nurse, having been in the job <6 years, had been working in hospital care, had had symptoms of stress and inadequate sleep, having a low perception regarding access to personal protection equipment and psychological support at their work site. CONCLUSIONS: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers perceive high mental burden, mainly associated to the organizational conditions of their job. Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Salud 2022-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10065042/ /pubmed/36477086 http://dx.doi.org/10.23938/ASSN.1024 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Este es un artículo publicado en acceso abierto bajo una licencia Creative Commons |
spellingShingle | Artículos Originales Espinoza Aguilera, Noelia Luengo Martínez, Carolina Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 |
title | Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 |
title_full | Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 |
title_short | Factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 |
title_sort | factores sociolaborales, de salud y organizativos como predictores de alta carga mental percibida en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de covid-19 |
topic | Artículos Originales |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10065042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36477086 http://dx.doi.org/10.23938/ASSN.1024 |
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