Riesgo psicosocial del estrés percibido por docentes, Carrera de Medicina. Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador. Periodo julio – diciembre 2021

Abstract

Background: Stress has existed since the beginning of humanity, generated in response to adversity, it promoted the survival of human beings, allowing humanity to react to constant dangers. Since the beginning of medicine, it has been affirmed that certain sudden emotions or those caused by prolonged frustrations, could cause diseases or worsen them, so it is important to know how to handle them. Objective: To describe the psychosocial risk factors of stress perceived by professors of the Medicine Career of the University of Cuenca- Ecuador, period July - December 2021. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive study, with a sample of 130 teachers. Observational method. Techniques used: Interview, applying the SUSESO / ISTAS21 questionnaire, short version, to the professors of the Medicine Career of the University of Cuenca, in the period July - December 2021. The information processing and analysis was carried out in SPSSV.23. The risk was calculated according to the questionnaire model, a frequency table was developed, the risks of the 5 dimensions were averaged to know the Global Psychosocial Risk. A statistical relationship was sought between psychosocial risk and the variables surveyed. Results: A high frequency of high risk was found in the dimension “double presence” with 48.5%, and on a global scale with 35.6%. People over 55 years of age have less than half the probability of having this risk, OR = 0.38 (C.I. 95% = 0.159-0.911 P = 0.027). Conclusion: There is high psychosocial risk, mainly in the “double presence” dimension in the professors of the Medicine Career of the University of Cuenca Ecuador, period July - December 2021