Abstract
Work stress in health professionals has increased in the last two years due to the presence of SARS-COV2, being of worldwide impact. Objective: To analyze the development of scientific evidence on work stress in times of pandemic directed to health professionals. Methodology: a bibliographic search of four databases was carried out, including studies in English, Spanish and Portuguese published in full-text indexed journals. A critical analysis was made of each of the articles and a matrix was used to order the information and categorize them. The results show that the triggers of occupational stress are related to work overload, fatigue, fear and fear perceived by health professionals in the pandemic situation. However, there are protective factors for work stress and preventive and occupational policies against work stress that can alleviate this situation. Conclusions: High levels of occupational stress in health professionals cause physical and psychological damage, the authors agree in taking preventive actions to mitigate the impact on the metal health of workers.
Highlights
Nowadays stress is a common topic in research, being work stress the one that affects workers generating psychological, physiological and occupational damage (OIT, 2016), under the context of the SARS COV-2 pandemic, work stress has been increasing over time (CDC, 2021)
The professionals in this study experience work stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a number of professionals in the process of learning, in addition, young women are at greater risk of work stress, if immediate attention is given, the stress of the professionals could be reduced
Nurses have an increased responsibility due to the workload with the patient, the lack of strengthening the knowledge against COVID-19, first line nurses have an increased work stress being higher in specialty areas, with a moderate level, working hours influence this result, since the beginning of the first case in Wuhan, the lack of nursing staff caused the work overload; the scheduling of night shifts increased stress in nursing staff
Summary
Nowadays stress is a common topic in research, being work stress the one that affects workers generating psychological, physiological and occupational damage (OIT, 2016), under the context of the SARS COV-2 pandemic, work stress has been increasing over time (CDC, 2021). Mental health, according to WHO, is a state in which each person understands his or her own abilities to cope with daily stress and to know how to work effectively and productively (OlivaYarleque & Chávarry-Ysla, 2021). In this sense, stress is defined as "a set of physiological reactions that prepare the organism for action". Sotillo mentions that occupational stress is a set of phenomena that manifest themselves in the organism and health of the worker with the participation of harmful stressors derived directly from work (Munawar & Riaz, 2021)
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