Background.

The work activities can involve risks to physical and emotional health, as well as productivity and job satisfaction. In México, the Official Mexican Standard NOM-035-STSPS-2018 was recently published, which establishes that the identification, analysis and prevention of psychosocial risk factors must be carried out in all work centers, including the university centers.

Method.

The objectives of this research were: a) evaluate the level of psychosocial risk in a university center and describe the necessary actions to be taken in complying with the Standard and b) explore the use of the organizational social climate scale and the psychosocial risk scale for university professors for the complementary evaluation.

Results.

Fifty workers participated, 32% with medium-high psychosocial risk level, the domains with the most workers at risk were: working hours (74%) and lack of control over work (42%). Correlations were found between most of the factors of the questionnaires but none with the work environment factor of the NOM-035 questionnaire.

Conclusions.

In this study, the implementation of the Standard allowed to determinate the potentially effective action strategies to reduce psychosocial risk according the needs of the workplace. In general, the instruments show consistency, but some factors do not match what is expected, so it is suggested to corroborate their feasibility in similar populations.

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