Estrés ansiedad y depresión en los estudiantes de pregrado de la carrera de enfermería de la Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil del año 2021 en tiempos de confinamiento.

Abstract

The undergraduate student, who exercises the nursing work as part of the health team, is exposed to a greater emotional situation during the development of his work that leads to stress, anguish and depression, thus affecting health and personal well-being. Objective: To determine stress, anxiety and depression in undergraduate nursing students at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University in 2021 in times of confinement. Design: descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional, prospective, Technique: Survey. Instrument: Questionnaire and DASS-21 Scale. Population: 100 undergraduate nursing students at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University. Results: among the characteristics of the graduated students, they have an age of 20 to 30 years (88%), women (82%), urban area (91%), single marital status (77%), hospitalization area (31 %), state that they do not have mental disorder syndrome (34%), never take antidepressants (91%), do not have chronic disease (85%), if they had relatives with covid-19 (53%), lost relatives during the pandemic ( 41%), present a moderate level of depression (24%), extreme anxiety (20%) and a severe level of stress (14%). Conclusion: The levels of stress, anxiety and depression are notable in undergraduate nursing students, due to the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic that they must face in the institutions where they work, this can affect the student, causing fatigue, frustration, despair, affecting not only the student, but also the patients, because the efficiency of the care service in this institution will decrease.