Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en el cantón Piñas provincia de El Oro

Abstract

Abstract: The present investigation was carried out in the context of the pandemic by the Sars-Covi-2 virus, the WHO (2021), who determined social distancing to prevent the spread of the virus. The main objective of the investigation is to determine the state of mental health of the health workers of the Piñas canton during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, a non-experimental, descriptive, exploratory, quantitative and transversal or transactionaldesign was used. Information was collected from 40 health workers, including doctors, nurses of Ecuadorian and foreign nationality. Various instruments were used for the data collection process, such as: Ad Hoc Questionnaire. Sociodemographic, Maslach Chronic Occupational Stress Inventory [MBI-HSS], Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS 21), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ -II), Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3), the Index of sleep quality (PSQI). The results determine that the group does not present burnout, they have a good state of mental health, they presented slight percentages in the evaluation of variables of stress, anxiety and depression, in the quality of sleep, low difficulty sleeping which is positive.