Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios del sector norte de la ciudad de Guayaquil del año 2022 durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Abstract

Abstract: Even today, after overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic in the Ecuadorian health system, little is known about the effects on mental health in Health Workers who faced the pandemic on the front line. The objective of this research is to determine the state of their Mental Health from a population sample from the north of the city of Guayaquil. The methodology used is qualitative, through the elaboration of a research instrument (survey) that includes the consolidation of questionnaires already tested in mental health sciences, applied to health workers, these instruments were measured for internal reliability through the Cronbach's Alpha statistic. As a fundamental conclusion, it is reached that the sample participating in this research presents an emotional exhaustion of 16.7%, a depersonalization of 8.3% and a low personal fulfillment of 20.8%, evidencing levels of frustration in the sample, despite being specialists in high professional level, the city's health workers were exposed to high levels of stress while fulfilling their mission of saving the lives of Ecuadorians.