Artículo
Work engagement and sense of coherence as predictors of psychological distress during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
Autor/es | Gómez Salgado, Juan
Delgado García, Diemen Ortega Moreno, Mónica Fagundo Rivera, Javier El Khoury Moreno, Luis ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vilches Arenas, Ángel ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ruiz Frutos, Carlos |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Estomatología Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública |
Fecha de publicación | 2024-05-30 |
Fecha de depósito | 2024-08-29 |
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Resumen | Objectives
The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between sense of coherence, work engagement, and work environment variables as predictors of the level of psychological distress during the first phase of ... Objectives The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between sense of coherence, work engagement, and work environment variables as predictors of the level of psychological distress during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. Methods Cross-sectional descriptive study collected between April 22 and December 16, 2020, using non-probabilistic snowball sampling. The study variables and instruments were socio-demographic variables, work engagement (UWES-9 scale), sense of coherence (Antonovsky SOC-13 scale), and psychological distress (GHQ-12 scale). Multivariate analysis and binary logistic regression were performed including the scores of the three questionnaires and other variables such as effectiveness, safety, stress, health perception, and sex. Finally, the CHAID technique was applied to create a segmentation tree. Results 72.7 % of participants had high levels of psychological distress, more predominantly among women, with work stress and low sense of coherence acting as the most influential mediators in generating psychological distress, and even more so when both were combined. Low work engagement and the availability of safe and effective means to prevent infection were predictors of psychological distress among workers. Conclusion During the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, factors that contributed to psychological distress in the Chilean population were identified. These included a fair or poor perception of health, being a woman, work-related stress, availability of safety measures, low level of work engagement, and low level of sense of coherence. Identifying these factors may help prevent similar effects in future phases of the current pandemic or in future pandemics. |
Cita | Gómez Salgado, J., Delgado García, D., Ortega Moreno, M., Fagundo Rivera, J., El Khoury Moreno, L., Vilches Arenas, Á. y Ruiz Frutos, C. (2024). Work engagement and sense of coherence as predictors of psychological distress during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. Heliyon, 10 (10), e31327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31327. |
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