Pausas activas y desempeño laboral en trabajadores de un centro de salud de la Amazonía peruana

Luis Enrique Huaman-Olortegui; Daniel Ramón Chirinos-Armas

doi:10.55873/4syr9808

Authors

Luis Enrique Huaman-Olortegui Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4620-4784
Daniel Ramón Chirinos-Armas Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0322-7468

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55873/4syr9808

Keywords:

job performance, physical exercise, active breaks, occupational health, health workers

Abstract

The objective was to determine the relationship between active breaks and work performance at the San José de Sisa Health Center, El Dorado, during 2020. A quantitative, applied, non-experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational study was conducted with a census sample of 30 workers. A 12-item active-break questionnaire and an 18-item work-performance questionnaire were administered; Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.978 and 0.981, respectively. Low levels of active breaks and work performance were found in 50% and 47% of participants. Given the observed distribution, associations were examined using Spearman's rho. Active breaks were positively and significantly related to work performance, ρ = 0.859, p < 0.001. Significant relationships were also found for short rests, ρ = 0.845, and physical exercise, ρ = 0.842, both p < 0.001. The variables strongly covaried in the sample, although the design does not support causal inference.

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