Introduction:

COVID-19 has brought dissimilar changes and consequences in society. The health staff has been one of the most affected in the psychological environment, because of the increment of stress.

Objective:

To determine psychological manifestations in medicine students during the active investigation of COVID-19.

Methods:

A quantitative, observational, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation of 59 medicine students was carried out, they belonged to the Medical Sciences Municipal Head Office in Gibara, Holguin who carried out the active investigation of COVID-19, in May, 2020.

Results:

The vulnerability to stress as symptom was not present in 83.0 % of the students. The probable and established anxiety was in 28.8 % and 18.6 %, respectively. The absent or minimum depression prevailed in 56 students (86.4 %) and just 1 presented suicidal idea; 100 % had a level of neurotic performance and 54.2 % showed confrontation focused to the emotion.

Conclusions:

Most of the medicine students didn't present psychological disorders neither idea to commit suicide. The confrontation centered in the predominant emotion along with the neurotic performance favored the mental health.

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