Salud Mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia del Covid - 19 en la provincia de Loja, canton Calvas.

Abstract

Abstract: The present investigation was carried out with the objective of analyzing the mental health of the health workers of the Calvas canton during the COVID-19 pandemic. The applied methodology was a quantitative approach of a descriptive and cross-sectional type, the sample consisted of 43 professionals of health, where a sample of 40 workers was chosen. The tools used were the HBI-HSS for the study of burnout syndrome, the DASS-21 to analyze depression, anxiety and stress, AAQ-II to inquire about psychological inflexibility, UCLA-3 to measure the perception of loneliness and the PSQI to measure sleep quality. The results showed that 55.8% of the respondents were women, with an average age of 33.81, 51.2% were married or in a free union. The dimensions of burnout syndrome, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal fulfillment had a low score. Stress, anxiety and depression were mild. Psychological inflexibility had an average of 13.72, the perception of loneliness was average with 5.14, and the quality of sleep registered 34.9% of people who do not sleep.