Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de la COVID-19 en el sector norte de la ciudad de Quito provincia de Pichincha

Abstract

Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused effects on the mental health of staff healthcare on the front line, due to the exhausting workload, social isolation, confinement, fear of contracting the virus, and so on. Being of global presence, caused consequences in the psychological, family, work, social, economic, educational area, and therefore the collapse in the public and private health system. This study has a non-experimental design and is not probabilistic with characteristics of a non-experimental, transversal, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative. Determine the state of mental health in workers healthcare, emerging population focused on primary care of Covid-19. Sample: 45 health members who work in the health area in the city of Quito. Instruments: Burnout (MBI), depression, anxiety and stress (DASS 21), Psychological Inflexibility (AAQ -7), perception of loneliness (UCLA-3), and the sleep quality test (PSQI). The study found in The psychological variables show that the majority of the evaluated personnel is within the standard parameters at the levels of mental health, however, a minority is reflected that require professional attention.