¿Las infecciones respiratorias virales agudas causan mayor ausentismo laboral? un análisis en la planta pasteurizadora Quito

Abstract

Context: Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) affect every worker, irrespective of age, sex, years of work or place of production. Its frequency ranges from 1 to 3 episodes per year; the incidence is annual with outbreaks that coincide with the winter season.
Material and methods: quantitative, epidemiological, descriptive and transversal research in a population of 80 workers from the production area.
Results: 90% of workers are in productive age (18 to 50 years), all are men, 65% have a work age between 0 and 5 years; 17.5% report respiratory pathological history and 77.5% of employees are concentrated in the sub-area of packaging of UHT and sheath. 82.5% presented IRAs, 53.8% reported between 1 and 3 episodes in 2014. The duration of URTI was 1 to 3 days in 52.5% of workers, with chronic manifestations occurs in 10% of the workers. The illness caused 1 to 3 days absenteeism in 10% of workers. In the production sub-area there is absenteeism from 1 to 3%, and it is determined that in global absenteeism, 13% is due to other medical causes