Periodicidad semestral: flujo continuo.
ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
INTRODUCTION. Fatigue is the state of tiredness or drowsiness resulting from insufficient sleep,
prolonged mental / physical work, prolonged periods of stress or anxiety. Fatigue is recognized
as a risk factor for injury and illness in the workplace. Violence at work is defined as “violent acts, including physical assaults and threats, directed at people at work”. OBJECTIVE. Establish levels of job fatigue in health personnel and their relationship with assaults by users. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Quantitative, descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study. From a population
of 194, a sample of 180 workers was taken at the Carlos Andrade Marín Specialties Hospital in
the period March-May 2019, who met the only inclusion criteria: Adult staff (≥ 18 years) who at the
time of the study they were working in the Adult Unit of the Emergency Area, Emergency Referrals
and Headquarters of the Guard for a minimum period of 6 months. The Yoshitake 1967 subjective
symptoms of fatigue questionnaire and the El Ochoa 2016 Aggression questionnaire were applied.
The data was analyzed in the International Business Machines Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences, Version 25.0. RESULTS. A prevalence of aggressions of 97,2% (175; 180) was obtained.
Work fatigue was present in 79,3% (88; 111) in women and 78,3% (54; 69) in men. Doctors had
the highest levels of general fatigue 53,1% (24; 45), and mental 24,4% (11; 45). In nurses, general
fatigue prevailed 47,4% (36; 76). CONCLUSION. Most of the workers had job fatigue; The most
affected were the doctors and nurses, it was not related to the type of aggression or gender of the
workers.
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