Psychosocial risks in radiology technicians

Abstract

The current tendencies in promoting health, safety and hygiene in the work place include not only physical, chemical and biological risks, but also psychosocial risks which influence the physical and mental well-being of a worker. Professional healthcare workers, including radiology technicians, are highly exposed to this risk. Our purpose is to evaluate the psychosocial risk factors among radiology technicians work and to inspect the relationship between socio-demographic, socio-professionals and physiologic risks using the COPSOQ to collect the data and also a checklist for self-evaluation of the hygiene and safety conditions in the work place. Group dimension in the COPSOQ reveal a statistic difference between the dimensions of ‘social relationship and leadership’ and the variable gender. Since multiple transformations occur in the labouring world and with different constraints still taking place, psychosocial risks in the work place is still a subject of concern for professional risks.

Keywords: Psychosocial, risk, radiology, hygiene, safety.