Salud mental en trabajadores sanitarios durante la pandemia de COVID -19 en Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The covid-19 pandemic has generated an imbalance in the physical, psychological and emotional health of the general population and even more so of health personnel. The objective of this study was to determine the mental health status of health workers from a public Hospital in Guaranda and a local Health Center during the covid-19 pandemic in 2022, for which a sample was used. of 36 health workers. The psychological instruments applied were the Ad-Hoc questionnaire to identify sociodemographic and employment characteristics, the MBI to determine burnout levels, the DASS-21 to assess mental health, the AAQ-7 and the UCLA-3 to measure the degree of burnout. psychological inflexibility and loneliness perception, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire. It is concluded that the participating workers do not present burnout, however, they reflect mild levels of stress, anxiety and depression, they are psychologically flexible, with little difficulty sleeping.