Mental State of the Workers of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) in Benin in 2018

Eganhoui Denis,Gansou Grégoire Magloire,Gnansounnou Glele Alda Lidwine Ekoundayo,Houessou Patrick Yélindo Dossou,Klikpo Elvyre

doi:10.11648/j.ajpn.20190704.18

Abstract

The work environment is an environment at risk for the psychological well-being of workers. This research is conducted on a population of 348 workers from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) in Benin. It was a cross, descriptive study, with an analytical goal, with non-probabilistic sampling, and by convenience. The research tools were documentation, SATIN scales, interview and observation. The results processed and analyzed by the Excel software, and R show that the general health is poor in 14.7% of workers, average in 27.9%, and good in 57.5%. Psychological health is poor in 10.3%, average in 18.1%, and good in 71.6%. Physical health is poor in 6.1% of workers, average in 24.4%, and good in 69.6%. Similarly, stress is bad for 13.5% of workers, average for 37.7%, and good for 48.8%. Psychosomatic symptoms are poor in 19.6% of workers, average in 21.1% and 59.2%. The symptoms are poor in 31.0% of workers, average in 16.5%, and good in 52.5%. The well-being of this population is attributable to several factors, the predominant element of which is the organizational environment and its conditions. Better consideration of the factors that strengthen human capital is essential for the physical and psychological well-being of MESRS workers.

Highlights

The professional world is nowadays under enormous risks, threatening its psychological well-being
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the mental state of the workers of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) in Benin
We did not compare the SATIN results with other studies, standards, references or calibrations the main function of which is to locate the individual responses of a person or a group of people compared to those of comparable people at the risk of making a use of it contrary to the objectives that led to its creation

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Introduction

The professional world is nowadays under enormous risks, threatening its psychological well-being. Paine's "princeps" study estimated that the cost of the 23 million executives who suffered burnout in 1970 was in the range of $ 10 to $ 20 billion a year [1]. Leiter and Maslach [2] put this estimate at $ 300 billion, incorporating sick leave, long-term incapacity for work and staff turnover. The International Labor Office (ILO) [3] estimated, in 1993, that stress had become one of the most serious health problems of our time. Psychosocial risks come from the interaction of the individual (the psychological) and the work environment (the social), committing the responsibility of the company [4]. Stress costs between 3 and 4% of GDP in the European Union (OECD, 2012) [5].

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