Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Ecuador en el Centro de Salud tipo B Santa Rosa

Abstract

Abstract: Currently, there is a public health crisis, caused by the appearance and spread of COVID-19 due to ignorance about the impact on mental health, so it is important to carry out an analysis in health workers who were exposed during the pandemic. Therefore, its objective is to determine the state of mental health of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodology used was quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional research. 96 health professionals were evaluated through the application of instruments such as MBI HSS, DASS-21, AAQ-II, UCLA-3, PSQl. The results obtained showed a percentage of 70.5% presented burnout syndrome, while the perception of mental health contemplates 77.3% as mild; psychological inflexibility presents in the average with a value of 19.02 and perception of loneliness with a score of 6.73; Regarding the quality of sleep, it shows 72.7%, which indicates low difficulty sleeping. In conclusion, health workers have a greater perception of social support, which allowed them to increase empathic skills, through the development of personality and psychosocial behaviors.