Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en el cantón Santa Elena en el año 2022.

Abstract

Abstract: Health professionals carry out important work in society, this is because they provide a fundamental service to protect the well-being of the population. Their involvement during the pandemic period was essential to protect human health and respond appropriately to the spread of the virus. However, the health system is not prepared to face these difficulties, which is why negative consequences have developed in the work and personal environment of these professionals. The objective of this study was to determine the mental health status of health workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in Ecuador during the year 2022. The methods used were quantitative methods, a descriptive scope, and a non-experimental design with a sample of 43 health professionals from a public institution in which the applied instruments are (MBI HSS) (DASS-21) (AAQ - II) 7 (UCLA-3) (PSQI). Finally, the results were: the health professionals showed a considerable level of stress, anxiety and depression of the Burnout syndrome which were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, in psychological inflexibility it has a high mean due to its rigid behavior and in the quality of sleep low levels of difficulty.