Diagnóstico de los factores de riesgo psicosocial extralaboral en el personal operativo de una empresa de servicios de mantenimiento del parque automotriz en la ciudad de Guayaquil

Abstract

Psychosocial risks are one of the most studied aspects within Occupational Safety and Health. They are defined as situations at work that are likely to harm the physical, mental and/or social health of people. There are also aspects outside of an individual's job that have a high potential to affect human health. These extra-work psychosocial risk factors are what this research is about. The methodology used in this study was the survey, specifically the battery of instruments for the evaluation of psychosocial risk factors, from which the questionnaire of extra-work psychosocial risk factors was extracted, it consists of thirty-one questions distributed in seven study dimensions This methodology is quantitative and is of Colombian origin, it was validated by the Ministry of Labor of that country, it is used to quantify the level of psychosocial risk in a certain group of people. The results obtained showed a minimal risk level for most of the dimensions analyzed. A medium level of risk was obtained for the aspect of interpersonal relationships of the company's employees and an elevated level of risk about the variable characteristics of the home and its environment, which was justified due to the high rates of crime that the city of Guayaquil experienced in the period investigated.