Healthcare Workers in Brazil during the Covid-19 Pandemic

A Cross-Sectional Online Survey

Bibliographic Data

ID13775845
AuthorsPaula Cotrin (0000-0002-6230-0522, Ingá University Center Uningá, Maringá, PR, Brazil), Wilana Moura (0000-0003-0567-3717, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil), Caroline Martins Gambardela-Tkacz (0000-0003-0430-5955, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil), Fernando Castilho Pelloso (0000-0001-6233-3968, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil), Lander dos Santos (0000-0001-7734-2189, Maringá State University, Maringá, PR, Brazil), Maria Dalva De Barros Carvalho (0000-0002-1377-3331, Maringá State University, Maringá, PR, Brazil), Sandra Marisa Pelloso (0000-0001-8455-6839, Maringá State University, Maringá, PR, Brazil), Karina Maria Salvatore de Freitas (0000-0001-9145-6334, Ingá University Center Uningá, Maringá, PR, Brazil, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume57
Pages46958020963711-46958020963711
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueINQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0046958020963711
PMID33034257
OpenAlexW3091893554
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited40

Brazil is in a critical situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers that are in the front line face challenges with a shortage of personal protective equipment, high risk of contamination, low adherence to the social distancing measures by the population, low coronavirus testing with underestimation of cases, and also financial concerns due to the economic crisis in a developing country. This study compared the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among three categories of healthcare workers in Brazil: physicians, nurses, and dentists, about workload, income, protection, training, feelings, behavior, and level of concern and anxiety. The sample was randomly selected and a Google Forms questionnaire was sent by WhatsApp messenger. The survey comprised questions about jobs, income, workload, PPE, training for COVID-19 patient care, behavior and feelings during the pandemic. The number of jobs reduced for all healthcare workers in Brazil during the pandemic, but significantly more for dentists. The workload and income reduced to all healthcare workers. Most healthcare workers did not receive proper training for treating COVID-19 infected patients. Physicians and nurses were feeling more tired than usual. Most of the healthcare workers in all groups reported difficulties in sleeping during the pandemic. The healthcare workers reported a significant impact of COVID-19 pandemic in their income, workload and anxiety, with differences among physicians, nurses and dentists

Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cross-sectional study · Disease · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Feeling · Health care · Pandemic · Personal protective equipment · Population · Psychiatry · Social distance · Workload · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Infection Control and Ventilation · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology