[The Work Environment Climate of the Health Staff in the Surgical Areas at Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron (Barcelona)].

Abstract

Objective: To know the perception of the work environment climate among the health staff between all the surgical areas at Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH).

Design: Observational, descriptive and transversal research.

Study setting: The HUVH's four surgical areas in 2014.

Study subjects: HUVH's surgical block of health healthcare professionals. 138 questionnaires were delivered, 88 of which could actually be considered valid and thus taken into account in the present study.

Variables: Sex gender, age professional status, workplace, years, worked in the surgical area (AQ), and career level. The perception of social climate with the WES scale was assessed performed after a descriptive analysis of the variables, mean and SD or median and minimum/maximum according to their distribution and qualitative variables with absolute frequencies and percentages. Kruskal Wallis and ANOVA for the association between the variables of interest were calculated.

Results: Stability is almost the same in all four areas, slightly higher in the outpatient surgery unit (OS) and slightly more discomfort is perceived in the mother and child area (MCA). There is no relationship between the workplace and autonomy (F = 0.1; p = 0.959), organization (F = 0.94; p = 0.424), clarity (F = 0.03; p = 0.992), monitoring (F = 0.56; p = 0.64) and innovator (F =1.13; p = 0.34). Post hoc Scheffé test for relations were reviewed.

Conclusions: There is more involvement in the MCA than in the general (GA) and trauma (TRA). There are more cohesion in MCA that OS and TRA and also more in GA that TRA. The least support is perceived in the trauma area. Less pressure is perceived and comfort is higher among OS workers.