Trastornos afectivos en la población laboral: ¿Un problema emergente en sa lud laboral?

Translated title of the contribution: Emotional disorders in the working population: An emerging problem in occupational health?

David Gimeno, Fernando G. Benavides, Joan Benach, Sergi Jarque, Salomé De Cambra, Javier Devesa

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: To know the prevalence of emotional disorders in a working population. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Workers in four companies: construction (A), automobile components (B), electrical and electronic systems (C) and management services (D). The design of the study was cross-sectional with the GHQ-28 questionnaire. RESULTS: The prevalence fluctuated between 8,4% (A) and 24,0% (D). Sex, age, educational level and occupation showed significance differences in some companies. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest an important prevalence of emotional disorders that likely increase as there will be more firms of services.

Translated title of the contributionEmotional disorders in the working population: An emerging problem in occupational health?
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)493-495
Number of pages3
JournalMedicina Clinica
Volume116
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 7 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Emotional disorders
  • Occupational health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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