"Work and Non-work Psychosocial Factors Questionnaires" were found to be valid and reliable for the assessment of workers' psychosocial factors, and they provide information for research and intervention.
Background Evaluation of psychosocial factors requires instruments that measure dynamic complexities. This study explains the design of a set of questionnaires to evaluate work and non-work psychosocial risk factors for stress-related illnesses. Methods The measurement model was based on a review of literature. Content validity was performed by experts and cognitive interviews. Pilot testing was carried out with a convenience sample of 132 workers. Cronbach’s alpha evaluated internal consistency and concurrent validity was estimated by Spearman correlation coefficients. Results Three questionnaires were constructed to evaluate exposure to work and non-work risk factors. Content validity improved the questionnaires coherence with the measurement model. Internal consistency was adequate (α=0.85–0.95). Concurrent validity resulted in moderate correlations of psychosocial factors with stress symptoms. Conclusions Questionnaires´ content reflected a wide spectrum of psychosocial factors sources. Cognitive interviews improved understanding of questions and dimensions. The structure of the measurement model was confirmed.
Psychosocial intervention strategies. A Colombian perspective.Psychosocial intervention in the field of the workers’ health is a necessity and its development involves the combination of actions focused on both, the individual and the organisation. Colombia has been recognised among the Latin American region for issuing public policies related to the care of psychosocial factors in the workplace, as well as for the development of technical tools, of which some of the most important are the battery of tools for the psychosocial risk factors assessment, and the protocol for the determination of origin of stress-related diseases.The most recent development is a set of guidelines for the psychosocial intervention, which are aimed at employers and workers. Six guides were designed for the economic sectors that have higher incidence of psychosocial risk factors (Public administration, Education, Transportation, National Defense Institutions, Health and Financial sector).Another six guidelines were carried out for the intervention of the most common effects of the psychosocial risks (Burnout, Acute stress reaction, Depression, Bereavement, Post-traumatic stress disorder and Mobbing).Additionally, a General guideline was designed with thirty-four different intervention actions as well as the general protocol that directs the intervention process.The design of the guidelines was supported in the scientific literature review and in the participation of different social actors (workers, employers, unions, technical agencies, representatives of institutions of Social Security and Ministry of Labour). The final phase of the process has been focused on the dissemination of guidelines and protocols through Universities and training centres for specialists in Safety and health at work, employers, public and private institutions.
Background: Inclusion of stress-related diseases into the Colombian legislation raised the need for tools that facilitate the assessment of cases in a standardized manner. Objective: To design a homogeneous and valid method for analysis, evaluation and establishment of causal relationship between psychosocial exposures at work and occurrence of diseases among the working population. Method: The protocol comprises seven consecutive steps from verification of diagnosis to assessment of psychosocial and non-psychosocial risk factors, which are scored on a valuation matrix that allows estimating the relative weight of each factor. Results:The protocol was validated with a set of cases of diseases possibly related with stress at work. General sensitivity and specificity indicators were calculated, as well as the ones specific for each disease included in the protocol. Conclusions: The Labor Ministry of Colombia established the protocol described here as mandatory reference for assessment teams at the various social security levels. Its relevance and applicability were assessed after ten years of use, and the process to update the supporting evidence was started. Keywords | stress, physiological; psychology; community medicine; occupational health. RESUMEN | Contexto:La inclusión de las enfermedades generadas por el estrés en el trabajo en la legislación colombiana planteó la necesidad de disponer de herramientas que faciliten la valoración de los casos de forma estandarizada. Alvo: Diseñar un método homogéneo y válido para el análisis, evaluación y establecimiento de relaciones causales entre exposiciones psicosociales en el trabajo y la presentación de enfermedades en la población trabajadora. Metodología: La metodología bajo la cual opera el protocolo está compuesta por siete etapas consecutivas que se extienden de la verificación del diagnóstico a la valoración de factores de riesgo tanto psicosociales como no psicosociales, los cuales se califican en una matriz de valoración que permite estimar el peso relativo de cada uno de ellos. Resultados: El protocolo se validó con un conjunto de casos de enfermedades presuntamente relacionadas con estrés en el trabajo. Se calcularon los indicadores de sensibilidad y especificidad generales, así como particulares para cada una de las enfermedades incluidas en el protocolo. Conclusiones: Esta herramienta fue asumida por el Ministerio de Trabajo de Colombia como de uso obligatorio por los equipos de calificadores de las diferentes instancias de la seguridad social. Luego de diez años de utilización, se analizó su pertinencia y funcionalidad, y se inició el proceso de actualización de la evidencia científica que la respalda. Palavras-chave | estrés fisiológico; psicología; medicina comunitaria; salud laboral.
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