Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 del cantón Quinindé de la ciudad de Esmeraldas durante el año 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The present investigation is called Mental health in health workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in the Quinindé canton of the city of Esmeraldas during the year 2022, whose objective was to establish the state of mental health of health workers during the pandemic; the methodology used is for non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative research; The sample will be accidental-accessibility and non-probabilistic. It is made up of 44 health workers who have worked during the last year; Psychological instruments were applied obtaining the following results Sociodemographic and labor questionnaire reported that 59.1% are female, 56.8% are single and 93.2% work full time. The Chronic Work Stress Inventory [MBI-HSS] reported that 90.9% have low emotional exhaustion, in turn 52.3% have low depersonalization, and 47.7% have high personal fulfillment. Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales [DASS - 21] reported that 95.5% suffer from mild stress, 68.2% suffer from mild anxiety and 97.7% have mild depression. Acceptance and Action Questionnaire [AAQ - II] 7, Loneliness Scale [UCLA-3] regarding psychological inflexibility, it has been shown that the average is 11.50 with a standard deviation of 5.46, regarding the perception of loneliness it has been found that the mean is 5.20 with a standard deviation of 1.90. Sleep quality index [PSQI], it was reported that 75.0% suffer from low difficulty sleeping.