Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 en la salud mental del personal sanitario del Centro de Salud San Miguel en el periodo enero - octubre 2022.

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on public mental health. Therefore, monitoring and surveillance of the mental health of the population during crises such as a pandemic is an immediate priority. The pandemic has marked our lives and has modified our behaviour, our perceptions and the environment. From the beginning, health personnel have been on the front line of care, exposed to extreme circumstances to carry out their work, at greater risk of infection, long working hours, in many cases without the appropriate equipment and facing anguish, fatigue, occupational exhaustion. , uncertainty, ethical dilemmas and unusually social stigma. Objectives: To evaluate the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Mental Health of health personnel at the San Miguel Health Center and particularly in relation to the prevalence of anxiety and depression. Hypothesis: The general hypothesis is that health professionals who are on the front lines of the Covid-19 Pandemic develop anxiety and depression disorders to a lesser or greater degree. Methods:To determine the risk of presenting anxiety and depression, the Validated Kessler Scale - K10 was applied, a screening instrument for these clinical manifestations in the workplace; with which it was established whether or not there are significant differences related to the appearance of Anxiety and Depression during and after the Covid-19 pandemic in the personnel of the San Miguel Health Center from January to October of the year 2022. The use of the statistical test of T-Student of Related or Paired Groups was established for the statistical analysis since it met the requirements of the investigation. Results: It was determined that the Covid-19 pandemic does influence the risk of developing Anxiety and Depression in the personnel who cared for patients in the emergency and respiratory triage areas, of the 50 participants it was associated with professional variables, being nursing graduates with 41.25 points and doctors with 39.69 points with a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression than the rest of the participants, the age range was 44-53 years, female gender (83%), marital status: widowed and single with 40 points . Conclusions: Health personnel found themselves highly exposed to developing high levels of Anxiety and Depression, which is why immediate intervention is required to mitigate the mental health problems developed during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Applicability of the results: The consequences that are being generated in health personnel due to the Covid-19 pandemic, both physically and very significantly in mental health, will allow us to know the effects and quantify their magnitude, with which will be able to carry out timely and strict intervention strategies aimed at the restoration and protection of mental health in health personnel.