Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios de centros de salud de la ciudad de Piñas durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Ecuador

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Abstract: The general objective of this paper is to determine the state of mental health of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Piñas - Ecuador during the year 2021 2022; its design is: non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive, with a sample of 44 health workers and non-probabilistic accessibility-accidental sampling. In the work, the following instruments were applied: Sociodemographic and occupational Ad Hoc Questionnaire Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Questionnaire Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAAQ II) UCLA-20 Loneliness Scale Sleep Quality Scale (PSQI). With reference to the dimensions of Burnout, the results of the study indicate that most people have a low level of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal fulfillment. With regard to the variables of mental health, a higher percentage of mild degree of stress, anxiety and depression is demonstrated; likewise, there is a lower perception of psychological inflexibility and loneliness; Finally, the sleep quality variable shows that most people have low difficulty sleeping.