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

Abstract

Abstract: The present investigation presents a study of the mental health of health workers, during the health emergency caused by COVID-19, to determine the degree of affection that it represented in the psychological aspect; its main objective focused on, "Determine the state of mental health of health workers in the context of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, in the public health network in the city of Cuenca, during the period of the year 2021". The methodology is based on a quantitative approach with an exploratory-transversal characteristic; that through different information collection instruments such as the sociodemographic ad hoc questionnaire, MBI-HSS, DASS-21, acceptance scale, UCLA 3 and PSQ1, were applied to 45 health professionals, chosen under the inclusion criteria /exclusion that allowed to determine a broad panorama of their mental health, obtaining favorable results in the study subjects; An aspect that made it easier to determine that the mental health of health workers has remained stable during the health emergency in the period 2021.