Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university professors at a University Institution in North Lima

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https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt2024651

Keywords:

Psychological Distress Coronavirus, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Work Stress

Abstract

Introduction: psychological distress is one of the events that compromise the mental health of University professors in a situation that puts their physical and mental well-being at risk, therefore, the objective of the research is to determine psychological distress in University professors that are of a University Institution in North Lima.
Methods: it is a quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental cross-sectional study, with a total population of 147 participating health professionals, who responded to a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21).
Results: the results show that in health professionals, 61 (41,5 %) present high psychological distress, 44 (29,9 %) medium psychological distress and 42 (28,6 %) low psychological distress.
Conclusions: it is concluded that strategies should be sought to improve the mental health of health professionals, who are in the first line of care for COVID-19 patients and this should be increased in mental health services that allow attending to professionals who are at a higher risk of psychological distress

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2024-01-01

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La Rosa-Longobardi C, Asencios-Trujillo L, Matta-Solis H, Asencios-Trujillo L, Gallegos-Espinoza D, Piñas-Rivera L. Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university professors at a University Institution in North Lima. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 7];4:651. Available from: https://sct.ageditor.ar/index.php/sct/article/view/644