Abstract
Objective: To assess the impact on mental health of health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Narrative review of the literature, of a descriptive character, carried out through bibliographic survey through a search strategy based on the terms: Mental health, Health professionals and Covid-19. Inclusion criteria were adopted: articles published in Portuguese, English and Spanish indexed in the PUBMED / MEDLINE, SciELO and VHL databases published between February 2020 and August 2020. Results: The COVID-19 pandemic established a chaos in all sectors of society, the health sphere was the most affected. The routine of health professionals was abruptly altered by the constant confrontation of an enormous pressure that goes from working in an environment with a high risk of contamination without adequate protection, excessive working hours, frustration, lack of contact with family to experiences of discrimination by a small part of society who see them as potential vectors of disease transmission. Conclusion: The pandemic was extremely harmful to the health of health professionals, affecting their emotional balance. It was shown that the pandemic scenario caused a lot of damage, as these professionals were exposed to high and intense workloads, which caused physical and mental exhaustion, leading to a feeling of weakness and professional insecurity.
Highlights
The Covid-19 pandemic has been generating a high degree of stress among health professionals on the front lines, including workers directly involved in dealing with the patient as well as those in support services, in combating a virus of unknown pathophysiology and varied clinical manifestations
Facilities, and in addition, the need to abdicate over the months, it was noticed that some being close to loved ones in order to protect professionals started to develop symptoms them. have made the diagnosis of depression, corresponding to Burnout Syndrome, defined as anxiety, insomnia and mental disorders a psychic disorder characterized by the state of recurrent among this class of professionals, emotional tension and stress caused by affecting mental balance, which is indispensable exhausting work conditions that impairs the for the function they perform, neglecting physical aspect person, leading to professional their mental health so that the population have exhaustion[8]
A descriptive narrative review of the literature was carried out through a bibliographic survey using a search strategy based on the terms: Mental health, Health professionals and Covid[19]
Summary
The Covid-19 pandemic has been generating a high degree of stress among health professionals on the front lines, including workers directly involved in dealing with the patient as well as those in support services, in combating a virus of unknown pathophysiology and varied clinical manifestations. Compromised the mental health of these According to the World Health Organization professionals because the pressure to deal with (WHO), social distance is essential to the safety an unknown situation which has been killing of the population, for health thousands of people around the world, exposing professionals, the orientation was exactly the prolonged and exhausting work shifts to meet opposite with the call for doctors, nurses, the needs of their patients, deal with the various physiotherapists, among others, aiming to daily deaths, the lack of hospital and outpatient combat the pandemic[6] Faced with this situation, facilities, and in addition, the need to abdicate over the months, it was noticed that some being close to loved ones in order to protect professionals started to develop symptoms them. Governments declared a state of to deal with all the frustrations of the health public calamity so that funds could be released system, the lack of information on the more quickly so that health would not collapse, pathophysiology of a virus unknown, physical and mental exhaustion, fear of death after without adequate protection, excessive working experiencing countless daily losses, all without hours, frustration, lack of contact with family to any psychological support
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