Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de covid-19 en la ciudad de Latacunga y Puyo

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Abstract: Objective: To determine the mental health status of health workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in two public sectors of the city of Latacunga and Puyo during the year 2021. Methodology: The study is non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative. Sample: 40 health collaborators from the emergency area. Instruments: MBI HSS assesses levels of burnout, depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21), psychological inflexibility (AAQ-II), UCLA-3 measures intimacy with others and sociability and PSQI assesses subjective sleep quality, latency sleep, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, medication use, and daytime dysfunction. Results: It was established that emotional exhaustion had a low level with 63.6%, 59.1% presented a low level of depersonalization and 10% presented a low level of personal fulfillment. In addition, 79.5% expressed a level of stress, 54.5% a mild level of anxiety and 72.7% presented a low level of depression. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact at the health, socioeconomic, cultural and political levels.