Revisión sistemática efectos sobre la salud mental de médicos de atención de primera línea colombianos durante la pandemia COVID 19 en el periodo 2020-2021

Abstract

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and other health workers experienced various conditions of emotional and physical exhaustion related to their work. Recent studies have found a significant incidence of depression in this population compared to others, but this fact has not been sufficiently taken into account by government agencies. In the context of a pandemic, a greater emotional impact on health workers can be expected due to the stress of this unprecedented situation. Once this thesis is confirmed, it is imperative to address the main risks health professionals face in developing a variety of mental health problems related to anxiety, depression or suicide through effective preventive measures that include protocols to address these issues arise from this problem.The purpose of this document is to carry out a bibliographic review of the information published in recognized databases such as Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar, related to the effects of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic on the mental health of the first-line care Physicians of Colombia in the period 2020-2021, as a contribution to knowledge about health research, through a historical recount of the publications over time taken into account by the authors, analyzing the current situation in the matter of the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on the mental health of Colombian first-line doctors, thereby generating the identification of the contributions that the literature defines regarding the effects generated by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of mental health , in the Colombian medical personnel of the first line of attention and finally allowing the documentation of the experiences of some salt institutions Colombian you with coping strategies for COVID-19 aimed at the country's front-line care doctors