Factores psicosociales de riesgo y confinamiento social en profesores de primaria del sector Norte de Quito- Ecuador, en el año 2020.

Abstract

The present research aims to determine the psychosocial risk factors due to social confinement, in primary school teachers in the northern sector of Quito-Ecuador due to the COVID-19 pandemic, through participatory action research in 2020 and through the application of surveys. Among the main theoretical supports for the study, psychosocial risk, its factors, typologies and explanatory models are mentioned. To carry out the study, a non-experimental, descriptive and mixed-focus research was developed. The population consisted of 8,608 primary school teachers, of whom a sample of 368 teachers were surveyed, and six were interviewed. With these instruments the problem was diagnosed and the intervention measures were identified. Among the main findings of the study, a medium level of psychosocial risk to which primary school teachers are exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic was found, which is at a medium level according to the instrument applied, however, in several dimensions it is observed a high risk as in load and rhythm of work, margin of action and control, recovery, and double presence..