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

Abstract

Abstract: This research work was carried out during the COVID 19 pandemic in a public health facility in southern Guayaquil in 2021 and 2022, in order to evaluate the mental health of health workers, several quantifiable instruments were applied. Ad-Hoc Questionnaire, Chronic Work Stress of Maslach (MBI), Pittsburg Questionnaire on Sleep Quality, C Mental Health Questionnaire DASS-21, AAQ-7 Inventory and UCLA-3 to determine sociodemographic factors, chronic work stress, depression, anxiety, stress, acceptance and action, loneliness and sleep quality index. After the approval of the managers and the signing of the informed consent of the health workers and the completion of the questionnaires, the data were analyzed using the SPSS program, which showed, among the socio-demographic characteristics, women, married marital status, full-time work, work shifts and in public institutions, with an average age of 39 years, the levels of burnout. the dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low realization with high scores at the mildlevel, the perception of the mental health of the health staff high percentages in the three dimensions stress, anxiety, depression at the mild level, regarding psychological inflexibility is not evident and the perception of loneliness does not present any effects, the relationship of sleep quality does not present any difficulties sleepy the medical staff.