Sanatorio de La Trinidad Quilmes S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina
Introduction: it is known that the working conditions and environment are factors that influence the health and disease process of people.
Objective: to identify the working conditions and environment that can affect the nurses surveyed and their relationship with perceived health.
Method: quantitative, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study in the month of September 2020 in a Private Sanatorium in Quilmes. Eighty nurses were studied and an ad hoc questionnaire on employment, work, health and social security conditions was applied. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used.
Results: wage income was related to health status and physical integrity (P=0.043). The work shift with time and work organization (P=0.008), environmental risk factors (P=0.003), preventive resources (P=0.029) and health (P=0.004). Regarding social rights, they were favorable except for 63.8% who do not have paid days for studies. 89% consider that bosses do not resolve conflicts well or plan work well. In relation to general health, 80% considered that work negatively influences their state of health.
Conclusions: the influence of psychosocial factors on the staff was negative. Preventive resources are not optimized as they should. The time and organization of work was affected. Environmental risk factors predominate. The mental state of health is perceived as more deficient than the physical.
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