Identificación del estrés en docentes ecuatorianos de educación básica durante la pandemia de Covid 19, en dos instituciones públicas, en el sector de La Magdalena de la ciudad de Quito, durante el año 2021

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Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the stress levels in Ecuadorian basic education teachers during the Covid 19 pandemic, the sample was non-probabilistic of 40 teachers.The methodology was quantitative, transversal, not experimental. The instruments used were the Ad-Hoc, Maslach Burnout Inventory, technostress, DASS-21 and BRIEF-COPE-28 questionnaires.The results show that the reliability of the instruments used is high and determine that more than half of the teachers presented high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.In addition, they presented high levels of anxiety, fatigue and inefficiency. They also presented severe levels of both depression and anxiety. Finally, 25.33 was obtained as an average, in relation to coping strategies focused on emotions.In conclusion, stress in teachers is linked to teleworking, which is linked to stressful work environments, where emotional exhaustion and fatigue develop, due to various factors such as: the pandemic, change of virtual modality, excess workload, significantly affecting your health.