Salud Mental en Personal Sanitario en Épocas de COVID-19 en los cantones de Ibarra y Otavalo de la provincia de Imbabura

Abstract

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the health system worldwide, the most vulnerable sector was the health personnel, putting their mental health at risk. The objective of the research was to determine the mental health status of health workers in the province of Imbabura in the cantons of Otavalo and Ibarra in the year 2022. A non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative, and exploratory study was conducted with a sample of 47 health workers, to whom the instruments were applied: MBI-HSS, DASS-21. AAQ-II. UCLA-3 and PSQUI. Among the most affected variables reflected in the results, a severe percentage of 12% of anxiety was found, and 29.8% indicated having medium difficulty sleeping. Likewise, the variable where important ranges of the study were evidenced was that of personal accomplishment, which reflected a low percentage of 46.8%, indicating that the health personnel surveyed evaluated themselves negatively in terms of the effective performance of their work.