El estrés laboral en adultos latinoamericanos durante la pandemia covid-19.

Abstract

Occupational stress is a condition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; this issue must be taken into account in recent years, as the psychological and social resources of many people worldwide were affected by the pandemic. Latin American countries were no exception, and studies addressed this issue, so the present research aims to conduct a literature review on occupational stress in Latin American adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, stress on the physical and mental health of Latin American workers, identifying the influential factors of occupational stress, and possible strategies to deal with stress and have better management of it. This research was conducted from a qualitative literature review perspective, with a descriptive scope, through electronic searches in Scopus, Web of Science, Redalyc, and digital repositories provided by the Catholic University of Cuenca. It was concluded that workers presented high and medium stress levels during the pandemic related to long working hours, physical and mental exhaustion, danger of exposure to the disease, lack of knowledge and medical tools to cope with the disease, and inappropriate work environments. Active guidelines, support networks, muscle stretching, meditation, maintaining schedules, and the use of techniques such as cognitive restructuring and problem-solving are the strategies that the authors recommend to face occupational stress.