Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

Abstract: COVID 19 caused many human losses, imbalances in the health system, economic losses, psychological effects on health personnel and families. This inquiry seeks to analyze the pandemic and the way it has impacted Ecuadorian health personnel and its main objective is establishing the state of mental health of the health personnel who participate in this investigation, and who are facing the pandemic of the COVID-19. Thus, a non-experimental cross-sectional investigation was proposed, and an exploratory and descriptive methodology was applied. To support this research the following research tools were used, the ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire, Chronic Stress Inventory (MBI-HSS), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) 7, is used. Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3), Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The work concludes that the psychological effects shown by the personnel studied in the face of the inherent processes of the pandemic are of a mild level of stress of 95.10%, anxiety 82.90% mild and 7.30% severe, while depression 87.80% is mild and 12.20% moderate. Therefore, the possibility of applying tests to detect manifestations of psychopathology that may put health personnel at risk is recommended.