El síndrome de Ulises en emigrantes que residen en Estados Unidos originarios de la parroquia Checa del cantón Cuenca, en el periodo 2022

Abstract

In recent years, stress has become increasingly common in the population, due to the demands that cause a person to manifest certain physiological symptoms in an aversive situation. Thus, for millions of individuals, emigrating has become a process that has such intense levels of stress that they exceed the adaptive capacity of human beings. This study seeks to describe the level of chronic and multiple stress or Ulysses syndrome, which is an acute emotional discomfort experienced by people who have had to leave their place of origin for another destination, where they often face vulnerable situations. The research had a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional approach, to measure stress levels by means of the Ulysses scale developed by Joseba Achotegui and a sociodemographic sheet developed by the authors. It was carried out in a sample of 64 people residing irregularly in the United States who met the inclusion criteria, this population came from the Checa parish, in the Cuenca canton, Ecuador. The general objective of this study was to describe the level of Ulysses syndrome according to the variables determined, and the specific objectives were to identify the stress factors with the highest incidence in migrants and to determine the presence of symptoms related to chronic and multiple stress. It was found that 75% of the participants presented extreme chronic and multiple stress, while 18.8% presented moderate stress and the remaining 6.3% presented mild stress.