Frecuencia de alteraciones mentales durante la emergencia sanitaria por covid 19 en adultos que acuden al Centro de Salud #2 José María Astudillo, Cuenca –Ecuador 2020

Abstract

Background:Due to the modifications in the lifestyle that had to be adopted for the COVID 19 health emergency, mental health can undergo changes manifested with the appearance of mental disorders, these represent a serious public health problem and contribute to unproductivity, disability and death worldwide.Objective:determine the frequency of mental alterations during the COVID 19 health emergency in adults who attend the José María Astudillo health center # 2.Methods and materials:A descriptive, observational study was conducted in the period between November 2020 to December 2020, in patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the research. The sample was made up of 372 people, which was obtained by a non-probabilistic sampling calculation. Cases of anxiety, depression, psychosis, insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder were identified by applying the SRQ and PCL-5 Test, and their results were analyzed and represented in statistical tables made with the SPSSprogram.Results:The mental disorder that most occurred during the health emergency was insomnia with a 42.74%. According to gender, insomnia, anxiety, and PTSD are the most frequent alterations in women with percentages of 30.38%, 23.66%, 22.85%, respectively; In males, insomnia, PTSD and depression occupy the first three places with 12.37%, 8.33% and 6.72% of the cases. According to age, older adults were the group with the lowest number of cases with only 30 cases (8.6%). According to origin, insomnia and PTSD are the most frequent alterations in both Ecuadorians and foreigners.