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

Abstract

Abstract: The subject of this research is the mental health status of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador. The objective was to determine the mental health status of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodology is a non-experimental and non-probabilistic design, with a quantitative approach, with cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive characteristics. The sample consisted of 40 health workers from a health institution in Cuenca. The psychological instruments applied were the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II)7, Loneliness Scale (UCLA-3) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The results were: in Burnout syndrome 62.5% have low emotional exhaustion, 55% low depersonalization, and 60% high personal fulfillment; in mental health 87.5% have mild stress, 67.5% mild anxiety and 90% mild depression; in psychological inflexibility, perception of loneliness a mean of 13.10 and 5.55 respectively was obtained, finally in sleep quality 65% have low difficulty sleeping.