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<journal-id>1812-9528</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1812-9528</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1812-95282022000300045</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2022.020.03.45</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación del estrés en tiempo de pandemia de COVID - 19: una mirada de profesionales de salud. Paraguay. 2020]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Stress assessment in time of COVID-19 pandemic: a health professionals' perspective. Paraguay. 2020]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Maidana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aida]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gaviría]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gladys]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Kappes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Leiva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gloria]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Enfermería y Obstetricia Dirección de Investigación]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Atlántico  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad San Sebastián Facultad de Ciencias para el cuidado de la salud Escuela de Enfermería]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puerto Montt ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte Carrera de Enfermería ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>45</fpage>
<lpage>50</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1812-95282022000300045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1812-95282022000300045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1812-95282022000300045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La pandemia del COVID-19 nos ha sorprendido con una cruda realidad, la difusión a través de los noticieros de la aparición de un virus muy letal de la familia de los coronavirus, ante una carencia casi total de equipos de protección individual en que se debatían los hospitales públicos y privados. El presente estudio tuvo un diseño observacional, descriptivo y transversal. Formaron parte de la investigación 101 profesionales de salud. Se realizó un muestreo no probabilístico de conveniencia. El contacto con los participantes fue a través de medios telemáticos, se les administró un cuestionario elaborado utilizando la aplicación Google Forms. Para evaluar el estrés de los participantes, fue aplicado el cuestionario de problemas psicosomáticos y para el nivel de ansiedad la escala de trastorno de ansiedad. Los hallazgos más relevantes en cuanto a las características sociodemográficas fueron: 70,5 % de sexo femenino, 34,1 % del grupo etario de 21 a 30 años, y 65,9 % de nivel académico universitario. El 47,7 % (48) de los profesionales presentó estrés leve y 36,4 % se encontró en fase de alarma. En cuanto a la ansiedad, el 45,5 % (46) presentó ansiedad moderada y el 36,4% (37), ansiedad de nivel leve. Se concluye que la mayoría de estos profesionales de salud presentó un nivel de estrés leve en tiempo de la pandemia de COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has surprised us with a crude reality, the diffusion through the news of the appearance of a very lethal virus of the coronavirus family, in the face of an almost total lack of personal protective equipment in which public and private hospitals were struggling. The present study had an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional design. A total of 101 health professionals took part in the study. Non-probabilistic convenience sampling was used. Participants were contacted by telematic means and a questionnaire was administered using Google Forms. To evaluate the stress of the participants, the psychosomatic problems questionnaire was applied and for the level of anxiety, the Anxiety Disorder Scale was used. The most relevant findings for the sociodemographic characteristics were: 70.5 % was female, 34.1 % of the age group 21 to 30 years, with a university academic level 65.9 %. Of the professionals, 47.7% (48) presented mild stress and 36.4% was in the alarm phase. Regarding anxiety, 45.5 % (46) presented moderate anxiety and 36.4 % (37), mild anxiety. It was concluded that the majority of these health professionals presented a mild level of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[anxiety]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[health professional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19 pandemic]]></kwd>
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