Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en el sur de la ciudad de Quito en el año 2021

Abstract

Abstract: The research background analyzes the effects of mental health on sanitarypersonnel, so it is important to address psychological problems to improve their prevention and control. The epidemiological situation of COVID-19 led to mental and physical problems affecting the capacity and well-being of health personnel. The main objective of this work was to determine the mental health status of health workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in the south of the city of Quito during the year 2021. The research design is non-experimental and cross-sectional, it has an exploratory nature, with a focus on quantitative and a non-probabilistic sample of 46 health workers. Data collection was done with an online survey, based on the Ad-Hoc Questionnaire; Maslach Chronic Work Stress Questionnaire; Mental Health Questionnaire DASS-21; AAQ-7 and UCLA-3 inventories; and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire. These offered as main results that the respondents show severe and moderate signs of anxiety, which add up to 45.7%; as well as depression with moderate andsevere symptoms reaches 30.4%.