Job value and emotional exhaustion during the Covid-19 pandemic in mental Health professionals in Ecuador

  • Rafael Sánchez-Puertas Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
  • Byron Fernando Bustamante Granda Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Keywords: Feeling valued, Burnout, Covid-19

Abstract

The MBI and an online ad-hoc survey were applied to 535 psychologists and psychiatrists of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador at the national level in the health emergency due to Covid-19 (women 67.5%). Inverse relationships were found between being valued at work by patients, colleagues and bosses and emotional exhaustion (-0.18 to -0.283), depersonalization (-0.191 to -0.215) and fear of contagion (-0.129 to -0.179) and direct relationships with the personal fulfillment (0.255 to 0.279). Only the boss's assessment showed the ability to predict emotional exhaustion, and its high assessment was considered a protective factor.

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Author Biographies

Rafael Sánchez-Puertas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Rafael Sánchez-Puertas es Profesor de Neuropsicología en el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Ecuador. Máster en Neuropsicología por la Universidad de Salamanca, España. Su trabajo se centra en el estudio de variables transdiagnósticas que explican el consumo de alcohol y otras variables de salud mental. Es autor de Gender Differences in Transdiagnostic Predictors of Problematic Alcohol Consumption in a Large Sample of College Students in Ecuador. (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.784896), entre otros.

Byron Fernando Bustamante Granda, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador

Byron Fernando Bustamante Granda es Profesor de Métodos de Investigación en el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador. Doctor en Desarrollo Psicológico, Aprendizaje y Salud por la Universidad Santiago de Compostela, España. Es autor del paper: "Ecuadorian Journalists Mental Health Influence on Changing Job Desire: A Cross Sectional Study".

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Published
2022-12-31
How to Cite
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Sánchez-Puertas, R. and Bustamante Granda, B.F. 2022. Job value and emotional exhaustion during the Covid-19 pandemic in mental Health professionals in Ecuador. Analysis. Claves de Pensamiento Contemporáneo. 35, (Dec. 2022), no. 15: pp. 1-10.