Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia COVID-19 en el cantón Guaranda provincia de Bolívar en el año 2021

Abstract

Abstract: The present investigation arises from the state of global health emergency of the SARS COV-2 virus, whose objective was to determine the mental health of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Guaranda canton of the Bolívar province during the year 2021. Research design: non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory with a quantitative approach, the sample used in the current research was 52 health professionals, of whom 51.9% were men and 48.1% women. The instruments applied were the Ad-hoc questionnaire, Chronic work stress inventory, the depression, anxiety and stress scales (DASS-21), the acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ-II) and the sleep quality index (PSQI). ). Low symptoms were evidenced 98.1% emotional exhaustion, mild stress 96.2%, mild anxiety 94.2%, mild depression 94.2%, the average psychological inflexibility was 10.13 and sleep quality with low difficulty sleeping was 88.5 %. From this study carried out, it was identified that health professionals, even working with infected patients, were able to assimilate the risks; achieving low levels of Burnout.