This article is intended to analyze the collateral effects of work associated with the completion of the work in an institution from the health area. The sample consisted of 113 staff from an institution belonging to the health area in the city of Bucaramanga. A descriptive exploratory study was conducted. The information was collected through the application of the Questionnaire on Quality of working life. The results show that participants perceive that the completion of the work causes an overload of work activity (ECT129), physical exhaustion (ECT131), mental saturation (ECT132), backache (ETC140), muscle tension (ECT141), and use of medications to relieve some of the symptoms mentioned above (ECT142).