Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Quito - Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: This research was conducted on the basis of damages caused in physical health, economy and specifically "Mental health in health workers during the pandemic of Covid-19 in the city of Quito", the general objective was to determine the mental health status of health workers during the pandemic of COVID-19 in the Pichincha sector of the city of Quito during the year 2022. The research design was exploratory, quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional and descriptive, with a sample of 40 health workers. The instruments used were: Ad hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, MBI-HSS, DASS - 21, AAQ - II 7, UCLA-3, PSQI. Regarding burnout syndrome, its three dimensions were described at an average level of mild among all respondents. Regarding mental health, those evaluated presented mild levels in the three dimensions: stress, anxiety and depression. According to psychological inflexibility and perception of loneliness, they presented results slightly higher than the previous parameters, especially in the dimension of psychological inflexibility, i.e., generally they do not tend to be more psychologically flexible, but they do not have a perception of loneliness at risk levels. It is concluded that the population studied, on average, has a satisfactory mental health condition, however, the implementation of certain activities that maintain these figures and promote mental health in general is recommended.