Salud mental de profesionales de la salud durante la pandemiade COVID-19: Estudio en comunidades virtuales

Abstract

Objective: to assess health professionals’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methodology: a cross-sectional study conducted with 112 health professionals participatingin two virtual communities aimed at health workers. The Self-Report Questionnaire instrumentwas used. Association and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results:the mean age was 35.15 years old, with most of the respondents being female, without a partner,and living in the Brazilian Northeast region. The prevalence of mental distress was 33%. In theinferential analyses, mental distress presented associations with age, with each one-year-oldincrease in age related to a reduction of nearly 8% in the chances of manifesting mental distress.Conclusion: there are indicators of mental distress and an association with age, evidenced amonghealth professionals, which shows the need for strategies that serve as protective resources andpromoters of mental health for this work group.