Health condition and its perception in Cuban workers of different occupational sectors

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occupational risk, life quality related to health, occupational safety and health

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IntroductionIn occupational health and safety of labor organizations in Cuba there are breaches in the protection against occupational risks, increasing of non-transmissible chronic diseases and affectation of work dimension in their life quality, being a health problem to pay attention first and foremost. ObjectivesTo characterize workers of three occupational sectors, to describe the health-disease process to each sector and to evaluate the life quality related withto health. Material and method: A descriptive and cross-sectional epidemiological study with non-randomized sampling to 15 Cuban labor organizations was design; since January 2015 up to December 2016. 395 individual were selected stratified in the sectors: industry 240, agriculture 85 and services 70. Cuban version of questionnaire SF-36 was applied and data analysis was realized by means SSPS. Results: The studied sample was predominant between 31 and 60 years old, 56 % male, 66 % with middle-high education, females with majority as technical and male as operatives and executives. Conclusions: The individual studied were characterized according with variables considered in the design. Occupational risks were identified as a problem to attend by occupational health with a necessary strengthening in its action. Majority of the workers perceive as “satisfactory” their health conditions, physical better than mental, with a vulnerable group with deterioration in both, requiring attention with approach of occupational risk, genre and population aging

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Author Biographies

William Genaro Trujillo Blanco, Minsap

Médico

Jorge Juan Román Hernández, Academia de Ciencias

Psicólogo

Ofelia Francisca Arredondo Naite, Insat

Enfermera

Jesús Salvador Hernández Romero, Insat

Economista

Yaritza Jova Linares, Municipal de salud Arroyo Naranjo

Médico

Yadel Labañino Valdés, Minsap

Enfermera

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2017-09-01

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Trujillo Blanco WG, Román Hernández JJ, Arredondo Naite OF, Hernández Romero JS, Jova Linares Y, Labañino Valdés Y. Health condition and its perception in Cuban workers of different occupational sectors. rev cuban salud trabajo [Internet]. 2017 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];18(3):51-60. Available from: https://revsaludtrabajo.sld.cu/index.php/revsyt/article/view/294

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