Cotidiano e estados emocionais de estresse e ansiedade em trabalhadores da saúde durante a pandemia da Covid-19 em 2020

Bibliographic Data

ID21809413
AuthorsAna Paula Dellbrügger (0000-0002-9430-6953, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria), Ellen Cristina Ricci (0000-0003-3471-1479, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Tatiana Dimov (0000-0002-7165-5245, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)
Year2024
Volume20
Publication date2024-07-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSMAD Revista Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool e Drogas (Edição em Português (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1806-6976 • E-ISSN: 1806-6976
PublisherUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2024.212823
OpenAlexW4405328748
LanguagePT

Objective: to discuss the changes in the daily lives and emotional states of health professionalsduring the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Methodology: focus groups were held weekly andsynchronously for six weeks, lasting approximately 1.5 hours. The recordings were transcribed,analyzed, and categorized using the interpretative narrative phenomenological method.Results: the categories found were: changes in routine and daily life; precarious workingconditions; changes in emotional states; and individual strategies aimed at mental health care.Conclusion: the pandemic has aggravated situations of psychological distress motivated by fearof contamination, overload, and precarious working conditions, as well as tensions arising fromthe Brazilian political scenario. The main strategies that professionals found to deal with thissituation were to carry out meaningful activities and to search virtually for a loved one to talk toor carry out some activity adapted to the distance

Disease · Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic · Medicine · Occupational Health and Burnout · Psychology · Internal Medicine