Instruments to identify psychosocial risk factors at work: a systematic review

Abstract

The human factor within organizations is exposed to different types of risks, especially those that cause damage to their physical and psychological health, which if not identified and treated in time can generate irreversible damage to them. In recent years, investigations have been carried out that address the subject, in which different instruments have been implemented to identify and evaluate this phenomenon, so the purpose of this systematic review article was to analyze the instruments that allow identifying the factors of Psychosocial risks at work (FPR) in Latin America. The information search included databases on the web, such as Redalyc, Dialnet, Scielo and ProQuest. Three people independently selected the articles for review, in a period from 2015 to 2020, where the methodological quality of each of them was evaluated, as well as the inclusion and exclusion criteria considered for the research. It was observed that in recent years different methods and instruments have been implemented to evaluate this phenomenon from different areas, so it is important to determine which are the optimal instruments to identify FPR in workers.

Psychosocial risks factors among victim support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study with the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire

“…The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) is an example of the most widely used instruments to assess PSR and has been used in various occupational sectors [ 20 ]. A systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by Molen et al [ 19 ] concluded by moderate-quality evidence that effort-reward imbalance, low procedural and relational justice, high work demand, low support from colleagues and supervisors, high emotional demand, and low decision authority would increase the incidence of stress-related disorders (20% to 90%). In a systematic literature review, Mccormack et al [ 16 ] also found that workload and work settings are the most common work demands and factors that contribute to burnout among applied psychologists.…”