Niveles de estrés cuyas madres participan en el cuidado diario de niños de 0 a 3 años en una ONG en el centro norte en la ciudad de Quito, período diciembre 2022- mayo 2023

Abstract

Stress, anxiety and depression are sequelae of the organism when faced with situations or stimuli related to health; results that were evidenced after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this work is to determine the stress levels that occur in mothers who participate in the daily care of children from 0 to 3 years of age in an NGO, located in the north center in the city of Quito, period December 2022- May 2023. The study is of a bibliographic, descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational type, the population is made up of 22 mothers who at the time generated different levels of stress, anxiety and depression. For the collection of information, the sociodemographic questionnaire was used, the same one that presents a reliability level of 0.715 that was applied to the mothers who attend the NGO; Subsequently, it was evaluated to determine its traits using the GHQ-12 and DASS-21 batteries; who determined different percentages that facilitated the interpretation of statistics in the objectives proposed in the work. In general, it was obtained that 59.1%. of mothers suffering from an emotional disorder, 59.1% presented anxiety, 27.3% presented moderate anxiety, 22.7% extremely severe anxiety, 54.5% presented depression, 22.7% presented moderate depression and 9.1% extremely severe depression; 50% presented stress, and 18.2% presented moderate stress. It is concluded that the variables anxiety, depression and stress are positively correlated.