Psychosocial labor factors, stress and gender on teachers at a public university, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Introduction
Teaching is a profession that may be suffering high levels of stress, even above other professions. The World Health Organization has highlighted the importance of labor stress as a public health problem because of its effects on health and its effect on absenteeism, health costs and the deficit in the quality of service provided by the worker.

Objective:
To analyze the relationship between psychosocial factors, stress and gender in senior high school teachers of a public university in Guadalajara.

Methods
We performed an observational, cross-sectional and correlational study in a sample of 330 teachers working in senior high schools. Data were captured through a survey self-applied which contained demographic data, labor, the scale of psychosocial factors and the stress symptoms questionnaire

Results
54.2% of teachers perceived negative psychosocial factors in their workplace, receiving the highest scores: remuneration due to performance and the workplace conditions. Psychosocial labor factors were related to stress; whose were perceived differently according to gender. 21.5% presented stress, being more common in women p <.05, the most frequent symptoms were: somatic problems and sleep disturbances.

Discussion
The psychosocial labor factors identified as negative were related to the presence of stress. This unfavorable interaction between the working conditions and the worker is reflected in the worker's health