Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en Ecuador Azuay Paute

Abstract

Abstract: COVID-19 caused damage to the health system and the death of people who have contracted this virus, mainly affecting health personnel, in charge of providing care to infected people. The primary objective of this study is to determine the mental health status of health workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in the Paute cantons of the province of Azuay during the year 2021, determining prevalences of depression, anxiety, stress, burnout and mood disorders. sleep, in addition to factors harmful to mental health. For this reason, 40 individuals were surveyed online, with an average age of 31 years, applying different MBI questionnaires -dimensions of burnout, DASS-2 perception of mental health, AAQ-7 Inventory and UCLA-3 psychological inflexibility, perception of loneliness, finally, the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Questionnaire, finding mild and moderate percentages, revealing that there is no high risk of damage to the mental health of the participants, but it shows the need to implement protection measures and strategies against this disease or related ( World Medical Association, 2015)