Infección por Covid-19 en los profesionales de la salud desde la visión de la enfermería

Abstract

Health professionals are the cornerstone of the health system and are the most affected population group in different psychological, family, economic, physical and labor spheres during covid-19. Objective: To interpret the consequences of covid-19 infection in health professionals. Methodology: It was qualitative with a phenomenological design, the target population corresponded to health professionals affected by COVID-19 in the period May 2020-2021 in the Province of Tungurahua, Canton Ambato in which a nonprobabilistic sampling was used. and non-randomized for the convenience of the researcher, with the personalized interview being the means of data collection. Results: It was found that 70% of the interviewees presented emotional family conflicts, 80% psychological alterations such as anxiety, 60% reported not having had an impact on their work performance after their covid-19 infection. In the economic field, 70% reported an increase in their spending on the purchase of medicines and other health services despite having medical services in social security. Conclusions: It is evident that psychological affectation such as anxiety, fear of re-infection by covid-19, home isolation, increase in family expenses for private health services, are factors that directly influence the development of problems. family and work of health workers in the covid-19 pandemic.