Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en el sector Norte de la ciudad de Tena en el año 2020-2021

Abstract

Abstract: The subject of this mental health research in health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern sector of the city of Tena, its objective is to determine the mental health status of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodhas a non-experimental, cross-sectional design, with a quantitative approach and a descriptive scope, with a sample of forty-sevenparticipants, to whom the following instruments were applied, sociodemographic ad hoc questionnaire, MBI-HSS, DASS -21, AAQ-II, UCLA-3, PSQI. The main results refer that the study sample presented medium-high levels of burnout, alterations in mental health were found; in the variables of psychological inflexibility and feelingof loneliness a low degree was obtained, in addition in theresults of the quality of sleep there were difficulties to reconcile it.It is concluded that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused repercussions on health workers, posing a notable challenge for those who work in the first lines of care, deteriorating their work performance.