In Chile, in recent years, cardiovascular diseases (hereinafter CVD) have been the leading cause of death and disability. Faced with this situation, the Ministry of Health has developed programs to control the common risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases, however, the work-related psychosocial risk factors have not been considered, which according to the international trend, have been validated as part of the causative factors of cardiovascular diseases.
This study aims to highlight the importance of work-related psychosocial risk factors (hereinafter PWF) for the development of CVD, reflecting on the experience in other countries, comparing these realities with the current perspective in the control of cardiovascular diseases in Chile.
The evidence confirms common risk factors as the key to the development of cardiovascular diseases. However, it guarantees that work-related psychosocial risk factors maintaining a relationship both directly and indirectly with the manifestation of these diseases, in despite of this is not recognized legally in Chile yet
Keywords:
Occupational Psychosocial Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Work stress, Karoshi
Author Biographies
Christian Moretti, University College London
Christian Moretti: Terapeuta Ocupacional, PhD(C) en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, University College London
Felipe Pérez, Mutual de Seguridad
Felipe Pérez: Director Segmentos HSEC, Mutual de Seguridad Asesorías
Moretti, C., Cisterna, F., & Pérez, F. (2021). The impact of work-related psychosocial risk factors on the development of cardiovascular diseases. Revista Chilena De Salud Pública, 25(1), p. 105–112. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5281.2021.65201
