Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress in nursing professionals during the covid-19 pandemic, in the northern zone of Ecuador, 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32645/13906984.1226Keywords:
Anxiety, covid-19, depression, nursing, burnout syndrome, post-traumatic stress disordersAbstract
At present, there is a growing interest in addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing staff. The prevalence of anxiety, depression, and the presence of post-traumatic syndrome in nursing professionals in the province of Carchi was investigated; through a descriptive cross-sectional study in a random sample of 229 nursing professionals. A survey was used that contains sociodemographic variables, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scales (HADS), and the stressor impact scale (IES-R); the Pearson bivariate correlation test was used with a significance level of p<0.05. There is evidence of a young adult population with an age range between 29 to 38 years, 43.2% of single marital status, and (77.7%) with a third-level academic education with more than ten months of professional experience. According to the HADS scale, there are indications of the presence of anxious and depressive cognitive symptoms of type (48.85%); the (23.79%) of professionals with possible symptoms associated with depression, such as irritability, loss of interest or dissatisfaction in the performance of work activities, depression, and anxiety already exist in more than 15% of the population. Presence of post-traumatic stress, 32, 89% mild, and severe (9.61%). The study population spent close to 10 months in complete contact with COVID-19 patients, with a statistical value of (-0.058). Therefore, the greater the work experience, the less possibility of presenting post-traumatic stress (0.47).
References
Ahmed, M. Z., Ahmed, O., Aibao, Z., Hanbin, S., Siyu, L., & Ahmad, A. (2020). Epidemic of COVID-19 in China and associated Psychological Problems. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 51(March), 102092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102092
Chew, N. W. S., Lee, G. K. H., Tan, B. Y. Q., Jing, M., Goh, Y., Ngiam, N. J. H., Yeo, L. L. L., Ahmad, A., Ahmed Khan, F., Napolean Shanmugam, G., Sharma, A. K., Komalkumar, R. N., Meenakshi, P. V., Shah, K., Patel, B., Chan, B. P. L., Sunny, S., Chandra, B., Ong, J. J. Y., … Sharma, V. K. (2020). A multinational, multicentre study on the psychological outcomes and associated physical symptoms amongst healthcare workers during COVID-19 outbreak. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 88(April), 559–565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.049
CIE. (2021). El Efecto de la COVID-19: Las enfermeras del mundo se enfrentan a trauma colectivo, un peligro inmediato para la profesión y el futuro de nuestros sistemas de salud. Consejo Internacional de Enfermeras, 1–2. https://www.icn.ch/sites/default/files/inline-files/PR_01_ COVID-19 Effect_FINAL_ES_FINAL_2_0.pdf
Crespo, M., & Gómez, M. (2003). Propuesta de un inventario para la evaluación y el diagnóstico del Trastorno de Estrés Postraumatico. Psicopatología Clínica, Legal y Forense, 3, 41–57. http://masterforense.com/pdf/2003/2003art15.pdf
De Bortoli Cassiani, S. H., Munar Jimenez, E. F., Ferreira, A. U., Peduzzi, M., & Hernández, C. L. (2020). La situación de la enfermería en el mundo y la Región de las Américas en tiempos de la pandemia de COVID-19. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health, 44, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.64
Fernández, A. R., Estario, J. C., & Enders, J. E. (2014). Screening de trastornos de estrés postraumático en población afectada por el terremoto chileno de 2010 Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder in people affected by the 2010 earthquake in Chile Triagem para transtorno de estresse pós- traumático em pe. Cad. Saúde Pública, 30(11), 2377–2386.
Gómez-garcía, L. E., & Toledo-mauri, J. (2018). Gastroenterología y Hepatología. 41(8).
Heilferty, C. M. G., Phillips, L. J., & Mathios, R. (2021). Letters from the pandemic: Nursing student narratives of change, challenges and thriving at the outset of COVID-19. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(8), 3436–3445. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14862
Hernandez Sampieri, R., Fernandez Collado, C., & Baptista Lucio, M. del P. (2010). Definición del alcance de la investigación a realizar: exploratoria, descriptiva, correlacional o explicativa. In Metodología de la investigación. http://www.casadellibro.com/libro-metodologia-de-la-investigacion-5-ed-incluye-cd-rom/9786071502919/1960006
Lahite-Savón, Y., Céspedes-Pereña, V., & Maslen-Bonnana, M. (2020). El desempeño del personal de Enfermería durante la pandemia de la COVID-19. Revinfcientifica, 99(5), 494–502. http://www.revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/3086
Lizandro, W., Gallegos, A., Muñoz, A., Carpio, D., & Ii, T. (2016). Síndrome de burnout en personal de enfermería de Arequipa Burnout syndrome in the nursing staff from Arequipa. Revista Cubana de Salud Pública, 42(4), 559–575. http://www.revsaludpublica.sld.cu
López-Izurieta, I. L.-I. (2021, enero). La salud mental del personal sanitario ante la pandemia del COVID-19. Enfermería Investiga, 6(1), 47–50. https://revistas.uta.edu.ec/erevista/index.php/enfi/article/view/1026
Molina-Mula, J., González-Trujillo, A., Perelló-Campaner, C., Tortosa-Espínola, S., Tera-Donoso, J., la Rosa, L. O. De, & Romero-Franco, N. (2022). The emotional impact of COVID-19 on Spanish nurses and potential strategies to reduce it. Collegian, 29(3), 296–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2021.12.004
Naranjo-Hidalgo, T., & Poveda-Ríos, S. (2021). Conductas ansiógenas y depresivas en el personal de salud de Ecuador ante la emergencia covid-19 TT - Anxiogenic and depressive behaviors in Ecuador’s health personnel in the face of the COVID-2019 emergency. Rev. Medica Electron, 43(5), 1383–1394. http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1684-18242021000501383
Obando Zegarra, R., Arévalo-Ipanaqué, J. M., Aliaga Sánchez, R. A., & Obando Zegarra, M. (2020). Ansiedad, estrés y depresión en enfermeros de emergencia Covid-19 TT - Anxiety, stress and depression in emergency nurses Covid-19. Index de Enfermería, 29(4), 225–229. http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1132-12962020000300008&lang=es
Organización Panamericana de la Salud. (2021). Consideraciones y recomendaciones para la protección y el cuidado de la salud mental de los equipos de salud Introducción. 1–5. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/54032%0Ahttps://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/54032/OPSNMHMH210007_spa.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Orozco, M. J. N., Terán, B. P., Casarrubias, V. B., García, R. R., & Madero, J. G. S. (2013). Escala de Ansiedad y Depresión Hospitalaria (HADS): Validación en pacientes mexicanos con infección por VIH. Psicología Iberoamericana, 21(2), 29–37. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2014-11713-003&site=ehost-live%5Cnmj_nogueda@hotmail.com
Pappa, S., Ntella, V., Giannakas, T., Giannakoulis, V. G., Papoutsi, E., & Katsaounou, P. (2020). Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and insomnia among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 88(May), 901–907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.026
Que, J., Shi, L., Deng, J., Liu, J., Zhang, L., Wu, S., Gong, Y., Huang, W., Yuan, K., Yan, W., Sun, Y., Ran, M., Bao, Y., & Lu, L. (2020). Psychological impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: A cross-sectional study in China. General Psychiatry, 33(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2020-100259
Sandmire, H. F., Austin, S. D., & Bechtel, R. C. (1976). Experience with 40,000 Papanicolaou smears. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 48(1), 56–60.
Santos, K. M. R. dos, Galvão, M. H. R., Souza, Sávio Marcelino Gomes, T. A. de, Medeiros, A. de A., & Barbosa, I. R. (2021). Depressão e Ansiedade em Profissionais da Enfermagem. Escola Anna Nery 25(Spe)2021, 25, 1–15.
Serrano-Juarez, C. A., Vargas-Cabriada, D. S., De Leon-Miranda, M. Á., & García-Reyes, D. L. (2021). Prevalencia de síntomas de trastorno por estrés post-traumático en población adulta a dos y diez meses del inicio de la cuarentena por la COVID-19. Escritos de Psicología - Psychological Writings, 14(2), 63–72. https://doi.org/10.24310/espsiescpsi.v14i2.12923
Villegas, J. L. V., Choque, R. A. M., Verduguez, C. A. G., & Aguilar, A. A. V. (2021). Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of health care workers. Gaceta Medica Boliviana, 44(1), 75–80. https://doi.org/10.47993/GMB.V44I1.200
Xiang, Y. T., Yang, Y., Li, W., Zhang, L., Zhang, Q., Cheung, T., & Ng, C. H. (2020). Timely mental health care for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(3), 228–229. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30046-8
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Adela Janet Vaca Auz, Sonia Dayanara Revelo Villarreal, Jesús Molina Mula, Geovanna Narciza de Jesús Altamirano Zabala, Cristina Fernanda Vaca Orellana , Zenaida Aracely Goyes Pitacuar
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
El autor mantiene los derechos morales e intelectuales de su obra, autorizando a la editoruial de la revista revista Horizontes de Enfermería ladifusión y la divulgación de su contenido con fines estrictamente académicos y de investigación, sin fines de lucro.
