Salud Mental, Capital Psicológico y Satisfacción Laboral en Trabajadores Ecuatorianos de la Casa de Salud de la ciudad Jama, provincia de Manabí, durante el año 2023

Abstract

Abstract: Mental well-being is associated with a healthy lifestyle in people's daily lives, particularly in terms of their interactions, relationships, and general activities. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital, and job satisfaction in Ecuadorian workers at the Casa de Salud in the Jama canton, Manabí province, during the year 2023. To fulfill this research interest, a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was developed, in which 85 workers participated. To collect the data, the Ad Hoc Sociodemographic Labor Questionnaire, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Capital were applied. This methodological procedure made it possible to determine regarding the mental health of the health house workers that the anxiety level presents higher scores at its extremely severe level (58%), and severe (21%). A higher psychological capital is also perceived with a mean of 110.75, but with a score of 26.07 for the optimism dimension in workers, which does not exceed the results found in the previous dimensions. The total job satisfaction in the evaluated workers reaches a mean of 70.55, with extrinsic satisfaction having the highest score (38.07) in the study. It is concluded that, in relation to the mental health variables, very high scores are evident for the severe and extremely severe level for the anxiety dimension, with a lower proportion for depression and low scores for the stress dimension. Some evaluated workers present risks of mental health alterations that generate changes in the dimensions of psychological capital and limit their performance in job satisfaction.