Estrés laboral en personal de enfermería durante la pandemia por Covid-19

Abstract

The objective of this research was to analyze occupational stress in the nursing staff of the emergency area of the General Hospital of the IESS Ambato, Ecuador, during the COVID- 19 pandemic. For this purpose, the sociodemographic data of the study population and their respective levels of physical, social and psychological stress were identified. For this purpose, quantitative research with a descriptive and cross-sectional scope was developed, for which a group of 48 people, 34 nursing graduates and 14 nursing assistants, were applied the questionnaire consisting of 34 items "Nursing Stress Scale for Nurses" (NSS) (The Nursing Stress Scale) that qualifies each stressor. The results were obtained through statistical analysis in SPSS software - version 28, where the sociodemographic information of the respondents was presented in tables, as well as the stress levels in each area and globally; showing that in the group investigated there is a predominance of female professionals (91.70%) with ages between 31-40 years (47.90%) and married marital status (62.50%), who fulfill the role of nursing graduates (70.80%), with a time in service of 11 - 15 years (33.30%); The degree of work stress sin the personnel is mostly Moderate (68.80%);while individually, the physical stressor shows a predominance of Moderate degree (52.10%), and in the psychological and social stressor, the levels correspond to Low (87.50%) and (56.30%) respectively.