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[Emotional disorders in the working population: an emerging problem in occupational health?]
D Gimeno1, F G Benavides, J Benach
1Unitat de Recerca en Salut Laboral, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. david.gimeno@cexs.upf.es
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.