Introduction:

Psychosocial occupational stress is the process started by a set of conditions that occur in the organism, in the physical, as well as in the psychological, individual and group spheres, as a consequence of demands originating in work that exceed the subject's response and adaptation capacities.

Objectives:

To explore the characteristics of psychosocial occupational stress and its relationship with social-occupational variables in a working population of Arroyo Naranjo Municipality in Havana, 2021.

Methods:

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 92 workers from three sectors: agriculture (64; 69.6%), education (16; 17.4%) and health (12; 13.0%), selected by random sampling. To measure psychosocial occupational stress, the Job Stress Survey Questionnaire was applied through dependent variables: occupational pressure, lack of social support at work, lack of occupational organization, and lack of professional fulfillment. The following independent variables were used: age, sex, marital status, years of work, nutritional evaluation and economic activity.

Results:

The lack of organization was the main cause of psychosocial stress, both in intensity and frequency. The high occupational pressure affected the respondents quite intensely, while lack of social support affected them quite frequently. Women were more exposed to occupational stressors than men.

Conclusions:

The lack of organization and the high pressure are the causes generating psychosocial occupational stress in the three sectors of the economy considered in this studied.

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