Prevalencia de la salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores ecuatorianos en el sector hospitalario de Quito

Abstract

Abstract: The study addresses the need to assess the mental health, psychological capital, and job satisfaction of workers in hospitals in the northern sector of Quito. To this end, a bibliographic analysis was conducted, and instruments such as the DASS-21, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, and the Job Satisfaction Scale by Pérez and Fidalgo were applied through online surveys to 84 participants from the Pediatric Hospital of Quito. The study's approach was non-experimental and cross-sectional. The results showed that the three mental health scales (stress, anxiety, and depression) revealed elevated levels among the participants. Anxiety stood out as the variable with the highest levels, reaching 65.48%. Regarding psychological capital and job satisfaction, it was observed that the values obtained were above the means of the instruments used. These findings suggest that, despite the high levels of anxiety, hospital workers demonstrated a strong ability to manage their psychological capital and reported overall favorable satisfaction with their working conditions.