Psychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility
Introduction: since the outbreak of COVID-19 that the nation experienced in November 2020, the temporary group to confront the epidemic opened new COVID-19 quarantine facilities with the main objective of providing comprehensive medical and nursing care to patients who have been in contact with peop...
Guardado en:
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | article |
Lenguaje: | ES |
Publicado: |
Centro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM Guantánamo
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/a2f8f587fbaa488aa1ae772608f01344 |
Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
id |
oai:doaj.org-article:a2f8f587fbaa488aa1ae772608f01344 |
---|---|
record_format |
dspace |
spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:a2f8f587fbaa488aa1ae772608f013442021-11-03T17:26:58ZPsychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility1028-9933https://doaj.org/article/a2f8f587fbaa488aa1ae772608f013442021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/3579https://doaj.org/toc/1028-9933Introduction: since the outbreak of COVID-19 that the nation experienced in November 2020, the temporary group to confront the epidemic opened new COVID-19 quarantine facilities with the main objective of providing comprehensive medical and nursing care to patients who have been in contact with people infected with this disease. Objective: to identify the most frequent psychological alterations experienced by doctors, nursing staff and medical students in the isolation facilities located at the Faculty of Medicine No. 2 of Santiago de Cuba. Method: a descriptive study was carried out on 150 workers in the red zone of this facility in the period from March 1st to May 31st, 2021, for which a mixed methodology was used, with a data triangulation strategy in a quantitative sense. Results: the psychological alteration of the affective sphere that predominated in these workers was anxiety, with 98% among doctors and nurses and 100% among students. Regarding the cognitive sphere, the presence of intrusive images stood out in 72% of the doctors, 68% of the nursing staff and 54% of the students. While in the volitional sphere, discomfort due to the use of means of protection prevailed in 100% of the subjects surveyed. Conclusions: in the quarantine center studied, psychological alterations were identified in the medical staff, nursing staff and medical students. The most frequent ones that stand out were: anxiety, stress, intrusive images, difficulty concentrating, the use of legal substances and sleep disorders.Fidel Vázquez-GarayInalvis Alfonseca-MirandaGiselle Odalys Zamora-BoudetDaylin Gola-RodríguezCentro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM Guantánamoarticlealteraciones psicológicascovid-19centros de aislamientoMedicineRESRevista Información Científica, Vol 100, Iss 5, Pp e3579-e3579 (2021) |
institution |
DOAJ |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
ES |
topic |
alteraciones psicológicas covid-19 centros de aislamiento Medicine R |
spellingShingle |
alteraciones psicológicas covid-19 centros de aislamiento Medicine R Fidel Vázquez-Garay Inalvis Alfonseca-Miranda Giselle Odalys Zamora-Boudet Daylin Gola-Rodríguez Psychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility |
description |
Introduction: since the outbreak of COVID-19 that the nation experienced in November 2020, the temporary group to confront the epidemic opened new COVID-19 quarantine facilities with the main objective of providing comprehensive medical and nursing care to patients who have been in contact with people infected with this disease.
Objective: to identify the most frequent psychological alterations experienced by doctors, nursing staff and medical students in the isolation facilities located at the Faculty of Medicine No. 2 of Santiago de Cuba.
Method: a descriptive study was carried out on 150 workers in the red zone of this facility in the period from March 1st to May 31st, 2021, for which a mixed methodology was used, with a data triangulation strategy in a quantitative sense.
Results: the psychological alteration of the affective sphere that predominated in these workers was anxiety, with 98% among doctors and nurses and 100% among students. Regarding the cognitive sphere, the presence of intrusive images stood out in 72% of the doctors, 68% of the nursing staff and 54% of the students. While in the volitional sphere, discomfort due to the use of means of protection prevailed in 100% of the subjects surveyed.
Conclusions: in the quarantine center studied, psychological alterations were identified in the medical staff, nursing staff and medical students. The most frequent ones that stand out were: anxiety, stress, intrusive images, difficulty concentrating, the use of legal substances and sleep disorders. |
format |
article |
author |
Fidel Vázquez-Garay Inalvis Alfonseca-Miranda Giselle Odalys Zamora-Boudet Daylin Gola-Rodríguez |
author_facet |
Fidel Vázquez-Garay Inalvis Alfonseca-Miranda Giselle Odalys Zamora-Boudet Daylin Gola-Rodríguez |
author_sort |
Fidel Vázquez-Garay |
title |
Psychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility |
title_short |
Psychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility |
title_full |
Psychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility |
title_fullStr |
Psychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility |
title_full_unstemmed |
Psychological alterations experienced by workers in an COVID-19 quarantine facility |
title_sort |
psychological alterations experienced by workers in an covid-19 quarantine facility |
publisher |
Centro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM Guantánamo |
publishDate |
2021 |
url |
https://doaj.org/article/a2f8f587fbaa488aa1ae772608f01344 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT fidelvazquezgaray psychologicalalterationsexperiencedbyworkersinancovid19quarantinefacility AT inalvisalfonsecamiranda psychologicalalterationsexperiencedbyworkersinancovid19quarantinefacility AT giselleodalyszamoraboudet psychologicalalterationsexperiencedbyworkersinancovid19quarantinefacility AT daylingolarodriguez psychologicalalterationsexperiencedbyworkersinancovid19quarantinefacility |
_version_ |
1718445532365455360 |