MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN MINING WORKERS. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
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https://doi.org/10.29076/issn.2602-8379vol6iss11.2022pp192-207pKeywords:
Mining, mine workers, mental health, psychological well-being, psychological impact, systematic reviewAbstract
Abstract: Mining work is high risk, not only for the physical health of its workers, but especially for their mental health. This research is based on a systematic review, with the objective of analyzing the impact on the mental health and psychological well-being of mining workers in the framework of their work activity. The analysis of the scientific articles was carried out according to the PRISMA Declaration, considering metasearch engines and scientific databases such as: Redib, Doaj, Redalyc, Dialnet, SciELO, Scopus, Ebsco and Pubmed. Because research on the relationship between mental health and mining workers in Spanish turns out to be scarce, in general the selected articles are approached from the English language. The results obtained warn that mining work has a silent but direct impact on the mental health and psychological well-being of its workers, especially considering the prevalence of anxiety disorders, depression and occupational stress, generated mainly by social isolation and tensions in the workplace work-family reconciliation due to work shifts (FIFO-DIDO). Among the main symptoms are job exhaustion, psychological anguish, sleep disorders, alcohol abuse, depersonalization and suicidal ideation, which generate risk behaviors in the development of their tasks and their co-workers.
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