Mental health of community health workers in the Covid-19 context

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ID16825757
AuthorsAnya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira-Meyer (0000-0003-4237-8995, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Ceará, Brazil), Sidney Ferreira Faria (0000-0002-3650-154X, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Pernambuco, Brazil), Franklin Dellano Soares Forte (0000-0003-4237-0184, Universidade Federal da Paraíba), Milena Silva Costa (0000-0003-4094-3903, Universidade Federal do Cariri), José Maria Ximenes Guimarães (0000-0002-5682-6106, Universidade Estadual do Ceará), Ana Patrícia Pereira Morais (0000-0001-6188-7897, Universidade Estadual do Ceará), Anna Luisa Silva De Oliveira (0000-0002-2483-550X, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Pernambuco, Brazil), Fernando José Guedes Da Silva Júnior (0000-0001-5731-632X, Universidade Federal do Piauí), Elaine Ferreira Do Nascimento (0000-0002-1632-9148, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Piauí, Brazil), Maristela Inês Osawa Vasconcelos (0000-0002-1937-8850, State University of Vale do Acaraú), Maria Socorro De Araújo Dias (0000-0002-7813-547X, State University of Vale do Acaraú), Felipe Proenço De Oliveira (0000-0002-5900-0174, Universidade Federal da Paraíba), Maria De Fátima Antero Sousa Machado (0000-0002-2541-8441, Universidade Regional do Cariri), Márcia C Castro (0000-0003-4606-2795, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Estados Unidos), Aisha K Yousafzai (0000-0002-1592-8923, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Estados Unidos)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue8
Pages2363-2376
Publication date2023-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-81232023288.06462023en
OpenAlexW4385434351
SciELOS1413-81232023000802363
LanguageEN
References cited31

This study aimed to analyze the factors related to the mental health of Community Health Workers (ACS) in the COVID-19 context. A total of 1,935 ACS from four Northeastern capitals and four cities in the inland region of Ceará participated. The following data were collected: sociodemographic; professional; SRQ-20; WHOQOL-Bref, exposure to violence, General Self-Efficacy Scale (EAEG), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), COVID-19-related information, and the coronavirus anxiety scale (EAC). Approximately 40.5% had SRQ > 7, signaling high levels of Common Mental Disorders (CMD)/mental health issues. We adopted the Multiple linear (backward) regression. We observed that the increased risk of CMD was influenced by exposure to violence, EAC, not knowing they had COVID-19, not knowing the variables that reduced the risk, the physical and psychological domains of the WHOQOL-Bref, not having increased working hours, and not having had COVID-19. The data reveal the multidimensional dynamics of mental health and help understand the relationship between community violence, COVID-19, quality of life, age, and ESF working time with the mental health of ACS

Anxiety · Environmental health · Geography · Mental health · Occupational safety and health · Psychiatry · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Occupational Health and Burnout · Psychology · Gerontology

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