Prevalencia de la salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores ecuatorianos de la ciudad de Loja durante el año 2024

Abstract

Abstract: The general objective is to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction in Ecuadorian workers of public and private institutions in the city of Loja during the year 2024. The methodology had a non-experimental quantitative approach and a descriptive cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 67 workers from the city of Loja who responded to the instruments: Ad Hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire; DASS-21 depression, anxiety, and stress questionnaire; PCQ-24 psychological capital questionnaire; and job satisfaction questionnaire. The most relevant results are: the prevalence of severe and extremely severe levels of anxiety at 11.95%, stress at 4.48%, and extremely severe depression at 2.99%. In psychological capital, a high mean was obtained in: efficacy 32; hope 33; resilience 31; and optimism 30. In general job satisfaction, high means were found of 77; intrinsic satisfaction of 36; and extrinsic satisfaction of 41. In conclusion, the main issue was the presence of severe and extremely severe anxiety; finally, in psychological capital and job satisfaction, workers perceive adequate levels.