Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en la ciudad de Guayaquil

Abstract

Abstract:During April 2020 Guayaquil registered a large number of infections and deaths from COVID 19, health workers evidenced the hospital crisis, being affected in their mental health. Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the state of mental health of health workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in the north of Guayaquil during the year 2021. The research design was characterized as: non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative; The following instruments were used to collect data: Chronic Work Stress Inventory (MBI-HSS), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21), Acceptance and Action Questionnaires (AAQ-II), Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3) and Index of sleep quality (PSQI), applied to 45 health workers. As a result, the emotional exhaustion obtained a medium (26.7%) and high (22.2%) risk level, the depersonalization a low level (71.1%), adequate personal fulfillment (73.3%), while the variables stress (91.1%), anxiety (64.4%) and depression (80%) registered low risk levels. The sample does not suffer from psychological inflexibility or loneliness, and a 53.3% had medium difficulty sleeping.