Influence of risk perception of COVID-19 on psychological distress of health professionals

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41408

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COVID-19, health risk behaviors, risk assessment, health promotion

Abstract

Mental health of frontline health professionals during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is related to a qualitative perception of risk about the disease, according to Fuzzy Trace Theory. A survey was carried out with 134 frontline health professionals in a city within the metropolitan area of Rio Grande do Sul. Participants answered an online questionnaire on risk perception and the Clinical Outcome Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure. Linear regression analysis corroborated the literature, indicating that a qualitative perception of risk was related to less psychological distress and, a quantitative assessment, to greater suffering. Results showed the importance of Fuzzy-Trace Theory for understanding the risks associated with (potentially clinical) psychological distress of health professionals during the pandemic.

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Priscila Goergen Brust-Renck, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil.

Doutora e mestre em Developmental Psychology pela Cornell University, em Ithaca, NY, Estados Unidos da América; mestre em Psicologia, com ênfase em Cognição Humana, pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Porto Alegre (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), em São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil.

Jocieli Ferrari, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil.

Mestranda em Psicologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), em São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil; coordenadora do Serviço Especializado de Psicologia do Saúde Univates da Universidade do Vale do Taquari (UNIVATES), em Lajeado, RS, Brasil.

Murilo Ricardo Zibetti, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil

Doutor e mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), em São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil.

Fernanda Barcellos Serralta, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil

Doutora em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; mestre em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Porto Alegre (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), em São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil.

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2021-10-27

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Brust-Renck, P. G., Ferrari, J., Zibetti, M. R. ., & Serralta, F. B. (2021). Influence of risk perception of COVID-19 on psychological distress of health professionals. Psico, 52(3), e41408. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41408

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