Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID - 19 en un Hospital Público de Tulcán

Abstract

Abstract:The context of the pandemic health workers in the fight against COVID-19 have experienced psycho-emotional reactions or behaviors caused by stress, anxiety, depression, denial, fear and anger for the future, for which the investigation has been raised with the general objective to determine the state of mental health of workers healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, this research investigates mental health in workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ecuador to identify the psychological impact of the phenomenon. For which through a quantitative investigative approach of cutting Non-experimental cross-sectional information was collected from the study population with the instruments ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire, Inventory of chronic work stress, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales, Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, Scale of Loneliness, sleep quality index, demonstrating that in the 45 participants there is a preponderance of symptoms in female health personnel of 68% and 75.6% of the evaluated do not have symptoms of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.