Psychological Impact for the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Professionals of the province of Cañete-Perú

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https://doi.org/10.18050/ucvs.v.13i1.02

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Coronavirus; Pandemic; Depression; Anxiety; Stress; Mental health

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The psychological impact is one of the most important events in the mental health of the population, although in health professionals, the situation puts not only their mental health at risk, but also a poor quality of care for patients, that is why this research work has as objective to determine the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health professionals. It is a study with a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental approach, with a total population of 192 health professionals, who responded to a digital survey of sociodemographic data and the data collection instrument Depression, Anxiety and Stress (DASS-21) . In the results, we observe that 115 (59.9%) of health professionals have a low psychological impact, 16 (8.3%) have a medium psychological impact and 61 (31.8%) have a high psychological impact. In conclusion, the promotion and prevention of mental health should be taken into account in health professionals during the care of COVID-19 patients, since it will allow the professional to remain adequately stable and it can reduce the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress.

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2021-11-26

How to Cite

Uribe-Hernández, Y. ., Ruiz-Tejada, J. ., Meneses-Claudio, B. ., & Gonzalez-Cordero, N. . (2021). Psychological Impact for the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Professionals of the province of Cañete-Perú. UCV-Scientia, 13(1), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.18050/ucvs.v.13i1.02

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