Comorbities and mental health among healthcare workers in Brazil. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

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ID16828905
AuthorsEleny Guimarães Teixeira (0000-0003-0477-3062, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Antônio Vieira Machado (0000-0002-8021-7538, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais), David Lopes Neto (0000-0002-0677-0853, Universidade Federal do Amazonas), Lilian Soares da Costa (0000-0002-1099-9124, Fundação Técnico Educacional Souza Marques), Paulo Henrique Scrivano Garrido (0000-0002-6549-5759, Fiocruz, Brazil), Wilson Aguiar Filho (0000-0003-2732-8578, Fiocruz, Brazil), Rayane de Souza Soares (0009-0005-0997-1211, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Brazil), Beatriz Rodrigues dos Santos (0009-0003-9867-7190, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Brazil), Ester Aparecida Da Cruz (0000-0002-2264-5550, Fiocruz Brasília, Brazil), Marina Athayde Contrera (0009-0003-6178-4152, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Brazil), Pedro Gabriel Delgado (0000-0001-5239-154X, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue10
Pages2823-2832
Publication date2023-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-812320232810.10192023en
OpenAlexW4387881792
SciELOS1413-81232023001002823
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

This is an original article that addresses the healthcare workforce (HW) in Brazil, as well as comorbidities and mental health changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and collected data through an online questionnaires from a total of 36,612 participants, health professionals (HP, with higher education level), and invisible healthcare workers (IHW, with a technical mid-level education). The overall prevalence of comorbidities in Brazil was 26.1% and 23.9%; the highest was arterial hypertension (27.4% and 31.9%), followed by obesity (18.4% and 15.1%), chronic respiratory diseases (15.7% and 12.9%), diabetes mellitus (10.3% and 10.4%), and depression/anxiety (9.1% and 11.7%), in the HW and IHW, respectively. The region with the highest frequency was the southeast, where the largest contingent of workers is located. The HW, affected with a high burden of non-communicable chronic diseases and exposed to SARS-CoV-2, proved to be vulnerable to illness and death. Mental symptoms and intense psychological suffering have been reported. These results allow us to estimate the impacts upon physical and mental health, as well as upon living and working conditions of the HW. The health and life of workers, leading role in facing health challenges of the pandemic, are a high priority in public policies

Anxiety · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Mental health · Obesity · Pandemic · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Workforce · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Nursing · Occupational Health and Burnout · Gerontology

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