Work process and psychological suffering of primary care physicians during the Covid-19 pandemic

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ID3089751
AutoresMaurício Roberto Campelo De Macedo (0000-0003-2500-8271, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Isa Maria Hetzel De Macedo (0000-0002-3400-7177, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Ruy Ribeiro Moraes Cruz (0000-0002-4209-7467, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Gabrielle Karla De Oliveira Dantas (0000-0003-0146-351X, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Isabela Coronelli Augusto (0000-0002-6459-8588, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Izadora Freitas Lopes (0000-0001-5267-3133, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Año2023
Volumen32
Númerosuppl 2
Fecha de publicación2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSaúde e Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0104-1290 • E-ISSN: 1984-0470
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-12902023220825en
OpenAlexW4391029112
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

Work organization and process are privileged spaces to recognize the forces that lead to psychological suffering. This study aims to analyze the perceptions of physicians of primary health care, who work in the More Doctors Program, on the relation between psychological suffering and work process during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research was conducted with a case study using qualitative data collection, description, and analysis. An intentional sample was selected in accordance with the theoretical saturation technique. Information was collected by semi-structured interviews, following a script built to meet the objectives of this research. The analysis of interviewees' discourse articulated categories of analysis drawn from five thematic axes with points of articulation between them, consensuses and contradictions that give meaning to the visions and positions of the actors in health. Results evinced the pandemic as a health and traumatic catastrophe, resizing the work process and contributing to overload, conflicts, fear, feelings of helplessness, and psychological suffering. Numerous shortcomings, infrastructure problems, bureaucracy, political interference, mismatch between training and practice also contributed to this suffering

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Data collection · Disease · Feeling · Health care · Learned helplessness · Pandemic · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Occupational Health and Burnout · Psychology · Social Psychology