Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en el cantón El Carmen, provincia de Manabí

Abstract

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic generated threats for health professionals who faced stressors against their mental health due to excessive workload and decreased rest periods, producing anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia. The objective was to determine the state of mental health of health workers during the pandemic, an investigation was proposed with a quantitative approach, descriptive type, non-experimental cross-sectional design, applied to forty health workers, through psychometric instruments such as the questionnaire. The results obtained show low levels of emotional exhaustion, due to a mutual relationship between environmental and personal factors; depersonalization and high personal fulfillment through the feeling of self-efficacy work performance; psychological inflexibility through commitment, awareness or openness to shaping their existence and perception of loneliness to significant manifestations of support. It is concluded that the mental health of health professionals mostly perceive low levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; there is a high personal fulfillment, emotional stability and social support, it is recommended to carry out intervention programs to maintain the mental health of the professionals.