Salud mental en los trabajadores sanitarios del sector de salud pública, durante la pandemia de la Covid-19, en la Ciudad Baeza, Cantón Quijos en el año 2021 - 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The present degree work sought to know what was the mental health status of health workers, during the pandemic produced by Covid-2019, in the city of Baeza. Where, the sample evaluated was 68 individuals, all of them health professionals, the methodology used for this study was a quantitative approach, descriptive type, non-experimental cross-sectional design. The questionnaires applied were: Chronic work stress (MBI-HSS), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS 21), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ - II), Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3) and the Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and in turn an ad hoc Questionnaire was applied to collect the sociodemographics. The main results of this research indicate that most of the participants present an optimal level in their mental health, since there are low levels of depression, anxiety and stress, in addition to the absence of significant degrees of affectation in burnout, as well as no Significant values are evidenced in psychological inflexibility and perception of loneliness.