Objetivo: Determinar si la preocupación por la COVID-19, el apoyo social y la ansiedad son predictores de la depresión en enfermeras peruanas durante la emergencia sanitaria. Material y métodos: Estudio predictivo de corte transversal, realizado en 216 enfermeras peruanas, a quienes se aplicó la Escala de Apoyo Social en el Trabajo (EAST), la Escala de Preocupación por la COVID-19 (EPPC-Cov19), la Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2 (GAD-2) y el Patient Health Questionnarie-2 (PHQ-2). Los datos se analizaron mediante coeficientes de correlación y modelos de regresión lineal múltiple. Resultados: Se reportaron correlaciones significativas entre la preocupación por la COVID-19, ansiedad y depresión. Los análisis de regresión muestran un ajuste adecuado del modelo (Prueba F = 76,064, p < .001), donde la preocupación por el contagio de la COVID-19 (β = ,316, p < .01) y la ansi...

ABSTRACT Introduction. Concern about becoming infected with COVID-19 is one of the reactions that has affected the mental health of Peruvian health care workers. Objective. To determine the effect of concern about COVID-19 on professional self-efficacy, psychological distress, anxiety, and depression in health personnel in the Puno region of Peru. Method. An explanatory, cross-sectional study was conducted with the voluntary participation of 401 health workers (such as nurses, physicians, nursing technicians, obstetricians, dentists, psychologists, and nutritionists) of both sexes (24.2% men and 75.5% women) from 12 health networks in the region of Puno, Peru. They were asked to answer the Scale of Concern for the Transmission of COVID-19 in Health Personnel (EPPC-Cov19), Patient Health Questionnarie-2 (PHQ-2, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2 (GAD-2) and the Professional Self Efficac...