Psychological distress is one of the events that compromise the mental health of health professionals in a situation that puts their physical and mental well-being at risk, therefore, the objective of the research is to determine psychological distress in health professionals that are in the first line of care against COVID - 19. It is a quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental cross-sectional study, with a total population of 147 participating health professionals, who responded to a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21). The results show that in health professionals, 61 (41.5%) present high psychological distress, 44 (29.9%) medium psychological distress and 42 (28.6%) low psychological distress. It is concluded that strategies should be sought to improve the mental health of health professionals, who are in the first line of care for COVID-19 patients and this should be increased in mental health services that allow attending to professionals who are at a higher risk of psychological distress.
Romero-Alva et al. (Fri,) studied this question.