Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en un Subcentro de Salud Pública de la ciudad de Pedernales

Abstract

Abstract:COVID-19 is an easily spread infectious disease that has caused the Health personnel are exposed to different mental symptoms. The present The research is mainly aimed at identifying the mental health status of the health workers in a health sub-center in the city of Pedernales during the year 2022, the study is based on a quantitative approach where the instruments used are; he Sociodemographic and employment questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) questionnaire, Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Action Acceptance Questionnaire (AAQ II), Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3) and Sleep Quality Scale (PSQI), which were applied to a sample of 40 health professionals. Whose results show that the Most of the personnel belong to the female gender, present slight scores related to stress, anxiety and depression, regarding inflexibility and perception of loneliness mean scores, and what corresponds to quality of sleep, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization are low, which is why the mental health of the staff was not affected by COVID-19.