Ansiedad y burnout durante la pandemia en el personal que labora en una institución de salud de la ciudad de Cuenca, en el período 2022-2023

Abstract

The health emergency caused by COVID-19 has caused anguish and fear in the general population and especially in health professionals. Various studies have shown high rates of anxiety and Burnout in this population. The general objective of this research was to relate sociodemographic data with anxiety and Burnout of health personnel who worked in the Ministry of Public Health zone 6 District-North during the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Cuenca. The study had a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, retrospective cross section and correlational scope. Data were taken that were previously collected from the linkage project "Intervention in mental health in the personnel of socio-sanitary services in the city of Cuenca". This investigation had 308 participants and the instruments that were applied within it were the Sociodemographic File, Maslach Burnout Inventory Questionnaire (MBI) and the Zung Anxiety Self-Assessment Scale (EAA). The results showed that age, sex, marital status and position did not present a significant correlation with anxiety and Burnout; in addition, that the prevalence of anxiety was 17.21% and Burnout 7.14%; it was also the female sex who presented greater anxiety and the male sex greater Burnout; Finally, the youngest people indicated higher Burnout. In conclusion, no correlations were found between the psychological and sociodemographic variables; low prevalence rates of Burnout and anxiety were identified, which alludes to the context in which the pandemic originated.