Evaluación de factores de riesgos psicosociales del personal docente de las facultades de Filosofía, Ciencias Químicas, Ingeniería, Ciencias Agropecuarias, Ciencias de la Hospitalidad, Psicología, Odontología y Dirección de Investigación de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

teaching is becoming an occupation with a high level of psychosocial risk due to the high levels of overload as it requires high concentration, precision, and attention, added to the insufficient labor resources that are necessary to achieve the goals. Therefore, this study evaluated the psychosocial risk factors that affect the teaching staff of the Faculties of Philosophy, Chemical Sciences, Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Hospitality Sciences, Psychology, Odontology and Research Directorate of the University of Cuenca, through the application of the INSST questionnaire designed for this purpose. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out that consisted of collecting information through the survey and analysis in the FPSICO 4.0 program, where it was found that teachers from the aforementioned faculties are exposed to high and very high risk levels in the following factors: Participation / Supervision (53.98%), Workload (45.57%), Psychological Demands (28.31%), Role Performance (21.68%), Relationship social support (21.68%), Work Time (21.24%), Interest in work Compensation (8.85%), Variety content (5.75%) and Autonomy (1.77%). Furthermore, in Workload factor there was a significantly higher percentage of female teachers with high and very high risk compared to male teachers (p = 0.005). In conclusion, Participation / Supervision and Workload were the most important psychosocial risk factors in this population, being the female teachers most exposed to the latter.