Abstract

GUTIERREZ FALCON, Pablo César. USE OF FOCAL GROUPS AS A COMPLEMENT OF THE COPSOQ PSQCAT METHOD'S OF EVALUATION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS. Cienc Trab. [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.60, pp.166-170. ISSN 0718-2449.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-24492017000300166.

The CoPsoQ PSQCAT method's (Short Version) allows knowing the perception of workers about the dimensions of psychosocial risks, through the use of a standardized questionnaire; however, it is nec essary to triangulate the sources of information to determine the psychosocial risk factors that affect the workers of an organization. The objective of the descriptive - transversal research was to exam ine and extend the results obtained from the CoPsoQ PSQCAT method's (Short Version), complementing it with focus group.

The results obtained by introducing a focus group, after applying the process of intervention of the CoPsoQ PSQCAT method's in a com pany with fewer than 25 workers, method allowed to validate the classification of 11 dimensions of psychosocial risk, in addition to classify 2-dimensional with inconclusive results and modify rated 2 other dimensions.

It was concluded that the application of a focus group allowed to deepen the analysis of the information obtained from the question naire of the CoPsoQ PSQCAT method's (Short Version) for the iden tification and evaluation of psychosocial risk factors.

Keywords : OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; JOB SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY INDUSTRIAL.

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