Abstract

ZAMBRANO GARCES, Rosa María; MARTINEZ VICUNA, Enriqueta de los Ángeles; ROMERO MOGROVEJO, Luis Cornelio  and  VICUNA PALACIOS, Andrea. Psychological impact of anxiety and depression in health care workers in the face of COVID-19. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2021, vol.4, n.12, pp.263-273. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v4i12.125.

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a great impact on the mental health of health professionals and even more so for those working on the front line. The main objective was to know the psychological impact of the state of anxiety and depression in health workers in the canton of La Troncal. A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlative, comparative, quantitative, cross-sectional study was carried out with a quantitative approach, the data were secondary (n=100), and the Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scale (GADS) was evaluated. A descriptive analysis was carried out using percentages, frequencies, measures of central tendency and percentiles, an analysis of the difference of means of two groups was also made using Student's t-test for independent samples and Pearson's correlation coefficient (r), finding that the mean age of the population was 34.57 years, mean time working in the institution was 4.63 years, the majority of participants were women (n=70), nurses (n=37), workplace in the same conditions. Anxiety is present (n=81), but depression is absent (n=89). In gender have equal anxiety and depression, Type C health center has higher level of anxiety. There is a negative relationship (r= -0.2) between anxiety and working time, i.e. the longer the time spent working in the institution, the lower the level of anxiety. In conclusion, intervention programs should be carried out to reduce mental health problems among professionals in the canton of La Troncal.

Keywords : Anxiety; Depression; Health care workers; Covid-19.

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