Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios de los Centros de Salud de San Gabriel y Tulcán durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Ecuador en el año 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this research was to determine the state of mental health in health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic at two Carchi Health Centers. This is a non experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive, and quantitative study with 48 health professionals. Instruments were used: Ad Hoc Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Mental Health Questionnaire (DASS-21), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ II), Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). It was identified in the Burnout Syndrome (SB), 10.4% high emotional exhaustion, 6.3% high depersonalization and 22.9% low personal fulfillment. In mental health, 14.6% have moderate to severe stress, 20.8% severe anxiety and 12.5% severe depression. In psychological inflexibility and loneliness perception, an average of 16.10 and 5.40 was obtained respectively. And, in the quality of sleep, 31.3% have high and medium difficulty sleeping. It was possible to establish that there is no risk of developing BS, the state of mental health has a slight alteration, they are psychologically flexible, there is a low perception of loneliness and there isn t difficulty in falling asleep.