Abstract: The psychosocial factors at work can be a risk to human health. Such is the case of sleep disorders in workers that have been reported especially associated with turnicity, but there are few reports on the association of other psychosocial factors to sleep disorders.Objective: The objective of this investigation was to determine the Psychosocial Factors at Work (PFW) that qualify as a risk factor for the presence of the disorder of insomnia in workers of the informal economy in 4 Latin American countries.Methods: A cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with the participation of 800 workers in the informal economy of 4 Latin American countries. Theapplied instruments were the "Survey of Psychosocial Factors at Work" and the items from 5 to 10 of the "Goldberg‟s General Health Questionnaire" (GHQ) in the evaluation of disorders of insomnia.Results: In regard to the Psychosocial Factors at Work (PFW), the higher exposures were presented in "labor requirement"; followed by "the role of work and career development". The prevalence of insomnia disorder was 24.4% for the general population. The main risk factors were "workload" and "conditions of the workplace", being "labor demands" the only PFW that does not qualify as a risk.
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