Abstract

SANCHEZ TOVAR, Ligia; SIMOES BRASILEIRO, Maria Dilma  and  BRITO, Juan Carlos. Mental health and work: Among drilling supervisors in the petroleum industry. Salud de los Trabajadores [online]. 2008, vol.16, n.1, pp.39-52. ISSN 1315-0138.

It is a study of descriptive nature in order to make a diagnosis of mental health disorders and psychosomatic presenting monitors drill for oil a location. The study involved 14 workers, supervisors drill. We analyzed clinical data of these workers registered in the medical records, plus they fall under the health questionnaire Goldberg and assesses issues related to the presence of Anxiety (Anxiety Inventory: State-Trait), Fatigue (Trial of Yoshitaka) and Depression (Zung scale). The results indicated that at the end of the workday, 43% monitors drill studied, showed mental fatigue, 50% developed symptoms of Anxiety and Depression 43%. The analysis of data integrator, through these instruments, showed alterations in the area of mental health that are related to risk factors associated with the organization of work.

Keywords : mental health; burnout professional; stress; surveillance of working environment.