What is techno-stress and how does it affect our health?
Technology has now become an integral part of our personal and professional life.
From the arrival of the computer, the mobile phone, tablets and all the technology that it is part of our life have emerged various pathologies that are related to the ill use of this.
Just as it defined it in the eighties the North American psychiatrist Craig Brod, the tecnoestrés makes reference to the stress arising from the introduction and the use of these new technologies in our work position. Is discussed, above all, of a "psychological state negative and of the disability of managing in a healthy"way.
According to a report of the Observatory of Risk Prevention at Work, one of each three polled considers that "the excessive use of the information technologies (ICT) at work him produces negative problems or consequences as a low yield, visual fatigue, inadequate or discussions postures of couple, among others. "
In addition, the same study states that 65% of employees that they participated in the survey ensure be so concerned in respond to technologies in its work position that, somehow, forget its personal matters.
To this there is that to add the demand that entails the use of these new technologies that they change constantly and that compel to the user to be updated at all times without arriving at to feel of all competent one many a time.
Type of tecnoestrés
The National Health and Safety at work Institute (INSST) difference three types of tecnoestrés:
- The tecnoansiedad is the type of one tecnoestrés more frequent. It emerges when the person that uses the ICT feels malaise for adopting a skeptical attitude in the use of these technologies and on its skills to use them.
- The tecnofatiga is translated in mental tiredness sensation for the constant use of the ICT. It is related to the overload of information to that which are subjected in our day by day.
- The tecnoadicción appears when there is an uncontrollable use of the ICT, a need of being connected at all times and there is a dependence to these technologies.
Source: Digital health