Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic advancement on healthcare workers mental health

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41302

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COVID-19 pandemics, mental health, healthcare workers, systems analysis

Abstract

The study verified the association and influence between sociodemographic and labor variables, pandemic impacts (hopelessness, contamination, death in the family), personality and mental health traits in Brazilian health professionals at two different times of the Covid-19 pandemic. There were 155 professionals included who replied to an online questionnaire. The network model was used for data analysis. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress were the most influential variables in the model tested and showed connections with hopelessness at both times. At time 1, stigma was one of the most influential variables. At time 2, stigma and anxiety reduced their influence, while stress and hopelessness became more prominent. The targets of interventions for health professionals can be differentiated in relation to the onset and progression of the pandemic context, but with a continuous focus on the level of stress and hopelessness for intervention.

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Pricila Cristina Correa Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Doutora em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), no Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brasil; professora da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Marco Antônio Silva Alvarenga, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), São João del-Rei, MG, Brasil.

Doutor em psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; professor da Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), em São João del-Rei, MG, Brasil.

Tiago Geraldo de Azevedo, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), São João del-Rei, MG, Brasil.

Mestrando e Psicólogo pela Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), em São João del-Rei, MG, Brasil

Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), Crato, CE, Brasil.

Doutor em Ciências do Movimento Humano pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), em Crato, Ceará, Brasil.

Elder Gomes Pereira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Mestrando em Cognição e Comportamento pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Marcela Mansur-Alves, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Doutora em Neurociências pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; professora da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Juliana Alvares-Teodoro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Doutora em Saúde Pública pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; professora da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Camila Batista Peixoto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Estudante de Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Marina Luiza Nunes Diniz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Mestranda em Cognição e Comportamento pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Sabrina Kelly Pessoa de Freitas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Mestranda em Cognição e Comportamento pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Maycoln Leôni Martins Teodoro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Doutor em Psicologia Clínica e do Desenvolvimento pela Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Alemanha; professor da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

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2021-10-27

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Ribeiro, P. C. C. ., Alvarenga, M. A. S. ., Azevedo, T. G. de ., Bandeira, P. F. R. ., Pereira, E. . G. ., Mansur-Alves, M., Alvares-Teodoro, J., Peixoto, C. B. ., Diniz, M. L. N. ., Freitas, S. K. P. de ., & Teodoro, M. . L. M. . (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic advancement on healthcare workers mental health. Psico, 52(3), e41302. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41302

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