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Vive Revista de Salud

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ESQUIAGOLA-ARANDA, Estrella Azucena; DIAZ-MUJICA, Juana Yris; NAGAMINE-MIYASHIRO, Mercedes María  and  NEYRA-VILLANUEVA, Javier Alejandrino. Characterization of the impact of the event on health professionals. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.15, pp.828-840.  Epub Dec 21, 2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i15.191.

The COVID-19 pandemic generated several consequences that affected the physical and emotional health of the population, being the health professionals the most affected because they had the mission to deal with the care of all those who suffered from the disease, in addition they had to face the shortage of protective equipment and personnel. Objective. The objective of the research was to characterize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health professionals working in hospitals and health care centers in Lima and the provinces. Materials and Method. Quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional research. Data were collected using the Spanish version of the Stressor Impact Scale (EIE-R). The study population was 624, then a sample of 394 health professionals was drawn, collected under non-probabilistic sampling. Results. It was found that 47.5% of the professionals reported a mild impact; 52.6% reported an impact ranging from moderate to severe, and it was also identified that infection by COVID-19 was the factor significantly associated with the impact of the event (p-value 0.025). Conclusions. It was identified that the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an impact on the health of the professionals who were in charge of the care; a higher prevalence of the impact was observed in female workers than in male personnel.

Keywords : Social Change; COVID-19; Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders; Mental Health.

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