Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en la provincia de Orellana cantón Coca Ecuador 2021-2022

Abstract

Abstract: he objective of this research was to determine the mental health of health personnel during the COVID -19 pandemic in the city of Coca, province of Orellana. The methodology used for the development of the research is non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative. The participating population is 41 people, to whom was applied: the sociodemographic ad-hoc questionnaire to know the demographic and labor conditions of the personnel; the Chronic Occupational Stress Inventory (MBI-HSS) to determine levels of burnout, the DASS-21 to measure mental health specifically stress, anxiety and depression; the AAQ-7 and UCLA-3 inventory to measure psychological inflexibility and perception of loneliness and; the Pittsburgh questionnaire that allows measuring the quality of sleep of health personnel. The results obtained indicate that the mental health of health workers during the pandemic is good, however, it is important to consider that 51.2% of the sample has sleep disturbances, which can be aggravating in the physical and mental health of health personnel.