Impacto En La Salud Mental Del Personal De Enfermería En un Hospital General por Covid-19

Abstract

In the face of the most recent pandemic declared in 2020 due to the coronavirus, discovered in China at the end of 2019, and due to the multiple security measures adopted by countries around the world, it has come to generate consequences for the mental health of the population, especially in the health personnel who work in the front line. This research is focused on the impact that SARS-COV2 has had on the mental health of nursing staff at the Teófilo Dávila Hospital due to the psychosocial changes that have occurred (1). This research was carried out to evaluate the psychosocial effects on nursing staff who are on the front line against SARS-COV2. To carry it out, a survey of 16 questions was applied on the "impact of mental health in the face of the covid - 19 pandemic" at the Teófilo Dávila hospital to the nursing staff who work especially in the clinical area, this area was chosen as relevant since who were the ones who cared for covid patients throughout the pandemic period (2). The results obtained showed that the nursing staff, during the pandemic, presented psychological alterations such as anxiety, depression, anguish and panic. In addition, somatic problems developed due to excessive working hours caused by the increase in patients treated at the Teófilo Dávila Hospital.