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[Socio-labor conditions and psychological burnout in workers during the pandemic. A comparative study]
Claudia Saldaña-Orozco1, María Ángeles Carrión-García2, Jorge Alberto Chávez-Sánchez1
1Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario del Sur, Departamento de Promoción, Prevención y Desarrollo de la Salud. Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México.
Background:
The pandemic derived from COVID-19 has caused a great impact in all the contexts in wich the human being operates, including the labor context. Multiple studies have shown the influence that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on both public and private organizations. From this derives the importance of assessings the real work context of the Mexican population in times of pandemic and the factors that are related to the appearance of psychological exhaustion.
Objective:
To compare the sociocultural conditions and the presence of psychological exhaustion in workers of government institutions and individuals in southern Jalisco during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material And Methods:
This is a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study, with a non-probabilistic sample of two organizations; one of a public governmental nature and another private of a food business. The dependent variable was psychological exhaustion addressed through instrument 4 of the CTCPS-MAC battery.
Results:
Significant differences were identified between both companies in two of the three factors that make up psychological exhaustion, in the cognitive-emotional response factor (z = -3.920, p < 0.05) and in the physiological response factor (z = -31.982, p < 0.05) the employees of the private company are considered more vulnerable.
Conclusions:
The levels of general psychological exhaustion are higher in the workers of private companies, as well as in the dimensions that comprise it.
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