Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios del Hospital Moreno Vázquez del Cantón Gualaceo durante la pandemia de Covid-19 en Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract:The Covid-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented health crisis, in this situation of health personnel being directly exposed to the virus when carrying out their work received an evident impact in the workplace, psychological and family. The objective of the present study was to determine the state of mental health of health workers of the Moreno Vázquez Hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic in Gualaceo during the year 2021. There was a non-probabilistic sample of 40 health workers. It was used the Ad-Hoc questionnaire to identify the sociodemographic and employment characteristics, the MBI to determine burnout levels, the DASS-21 to assess mental health, the AAQ-7 and UCLA-3 to measure the degree of psychological inflexibility and perception of loneliness, and the Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire. The results show that the participants do not present burnout, reflect mild levels of stress, anxiety and depression, They are psychologically flexible and show a good perception of social support, with Little difficulty sleeping.