Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare professionals

Objective: To verify the psychological impacts of COVID-19 on health professionals. Methodology: This is an exploratory, descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The study was carried out in a private higher education institution, located in the city of Vitoria da Conquista, Southwest of B...

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Autores: Andrade , Adna Gorette Ferreira, Oliveira, Alaiane Paola Almeida, Amaral , Joice Kelaine Silva, Amaral, Umbelina Joane Silva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23455
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23455
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:COVID-19
Psychological distress
Pandemic
Health professionals.
Distrés psicológico
Pandemia
Profesionales de la salud.
Angústia psicológica
Profissionais de saúde.
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Sumario:Objective: To verify the psychological impacts of COVID-19 on health professionals. Methodology: This is an exploratory, descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The study was carried out in a private higher education institution, located in the city of Vitoria da Conquista, Southwest of Bahia. The instruments used for data collection were a sociodemographic questionnaire developed by the study researchers, DASS-21 (Depression Anxiety Stress) questionnaire developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995), and finally the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire was applied. (PSQI) developed by Buysse. Results: Twelve health professionals participated in this research, among the data collected from the participants, regarding the level of Anxiety, Depression and Stress, 83.3% of respondents had the index within normality, the PSQI, based on the scores found in the sample, 58.3% of respondents had poor sleep quality. Conclusion: it is concluded that the levels of anxiety, depression and stress among health professionals were considered predominantly normal and the frequency of poor sleep quality in this study was high.