Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID 19 en una clínica privada ubicada en la localidad de Salinas-Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: One of the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic developed in mental health, mainly affecting frontline health personnel, due to the collapse of the system of health worldwide. Therefore, the objective of this investigation is to determine the state of mental health of health workers during the COVID 19 pandemic, the cross-sectional, exploratory-descriptive research design, the sample was 41 participants of the health area, the instruments used in the evaluation are: questionnaire sociodemographic, MBI-HSS, DASS-21, AAQ-II, UCLA-3, and PSQ. It was found in the syndrome of burnout low levels in the dimensions of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while, in personal fulfillment, he showed a high rank, also in the perception of mental health (92.7% stress; 68% anxiety and 92.7% depression) is presented in the scales a slight level, previously, the degree of psychological inflexibility and perceived loneliness finally showed a score below average on the sleep quality scale an intermediate level of difficulty was presented. In conclusion, the mental health of health workers is appropriate.