Multidisciplinary Guidelines for Occupational Risk Prevention

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate the relationship between the psychosocial variables with professional aspects and sociodemographic characteristics of workers in the furniture manufacturing and the corresponding multidisciplinary intervention. Methods: The study sample consisted of 146 workers in the sector of production of two industries of furniture, divided into two groups: Group 1 (study) and group 2 (control). Group 1 was formed by 80 workers and by Group 2 of 66 workers. The instrument used to evaluate Common Mental Disorders was the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) was used to assess the psychosocial factors in the work environment. Results: The results showed sign can't difference at the "authority of decision" (p = 0,05), "control over the job" (p = 0,03) and "physical effort" (p = 0,02) dimensions when comparing the groups of workers. There were not sign can't differences in the other variables. There were no significant differences in other variables. Conclusion: Comparing both Groups revealed relation between "decision authority", "decision latitude" and "physical exertion" variables, with the multidisciplinary intervention.