COVID-19, Mental Health and Its Relationship with Workplace Accidents

Del-Aguila-Arcentales S.; Alvarez-Risco A.; Villalobos-Alvarez D.; Carhuapoma-Yance M.; Yáñez J.A. · International Journal of Mental Health Promotion (2022) · DOI: 10.32604/ijmhp.2022.020513

Resumen

The general objective of this article is to show the relationship that exists in the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health of people and the propensity for work-related accidents in companies. Various results are shown that detail how COVID-19 has generated and is generating mental alterations in people such as post-traumatic stress dis-order, PTSD for its acronym in English. Likewise, data are presented that report the influence of mental health as a precursor to workplace accidents in different industries, with which it can be concluded that COVID-19 needs a comprehensive approach in companies to prevent it from negatively impacting workers and they end up acci-dent during their daily work. Some concrete actions are proposed to promote and avoid in companies so that workers can be better managed in times of a COVID-19 pandemic.

Instituciones: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú; Universidad de Lima; Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener