Psychological effect of the COVID 19 pandemic on hospital health personnel based on impact scales

Faced with pandemic events, health personnel on the front line of care for seriously ill patients with COVID-19 infection, turns out to be vulnerable to mental health problems Objective: The objective of this review study is to identify the psychological effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on hospital health personnel and the different scales used to assess the psychological impact Methodology: A systematic literature review was carried out on five search platforms such as PubMed, Elsevier, The Lancet, Google academic and Scielo Then, apply selection criteria and methodological quality checklists, take 16 articles for data extraction and analysis Results: All the recognized studies recognize the development of symptoms related to the mental health of the workers who are facing the care of patients with COVID-19, highlighting depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress as effects of greater impact On the other hand, a diversity of scales used in the articles analyzed was found, the Post-Traumatic Test and the Revised Event Impact Scale standing out Conclusion: The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is having a negative impact on the mental health of health personnel and there are a variety of validated scales to measure the psychological effect © 2020 ACM