Resumen
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.
Título traducido de la contribución | Emotional disorders in the working population: An emerging problem in occupational health? |
---|---|
Idioma original | Spanish |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 493-495 |
Número de páginas | 3 |
Publicación | Medicina Clinica |
Volumen | 116 |
N.º | 13 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - abr 7 2001 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine