Impacto de la pandemia por la Covid-19 sobre la salud mental de los colaboradores del área de talento humano en las organizaciones durante el año 2021.

Abstract

On March 11, Ecuador declared a state of emergency due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19. The pandemic had not only generated deaths but also had a huge globaleconomic impact. In addition, the workplace suffered a great impact on Mental Health due to the unforeseen changes that organizations had to assume. One of the most affected departments is Human Resources which had to deal with the pandemic and the strategies to face the organizational changes. Objective: To analyze the impact of the COVID - 19 on themental health of employees in the Human Resources departments. Methods: The study wasa non-experimental descriptive quantitative, conducting a virtual survey to employees that work in the human resources, applying the DASS 21 questionnaire for the diagnosis of anxiety, stress and depression. Results: The results indicated that there is a prevalence of anxiety with 67%, depression 80% and stress 87% at a mild level, being men who presentedgreater affectation in this survey. Conclusions: Covid-19 has a negative impact on the mentalhealth of the employees who work in the human resources department as well as the general population.