Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios del Hospital Básico de la ciudad de Guaranda durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The mental health of physicians has been affected due to the pandemic, therefore the present work aims to determine the mental health status of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a health institution in Guaranda city. The methodology used has a quantitative and non-experimental approach; a convenience sampling was used resulting in 46 individuals. The results showed that with respect to burnout syndrome there was: emotional exhaustion (low 60%), depersonalization (low 67.5%) and personal fulfillment (high 37.5%); in the application of the DASS-21: stress (mild 95%), anxiety (mild 75%) and depression (mild 90%); in psychological inflexibility and perception of loneliness there was a mean of 12.78 and 5.23 with the AAQ-7 and UCLA-3 test respectively; finally a low difficulty in sleeping (67.5%) with the Pittsburg questionnaire. In conclusion, the personnel did not present symptoms of burnout syndrome. In addition, stress, depression and anxiety had low levels; in such a way that psychological flexibility and perception of loneliness remained stable without affecting the quality of sleep.