Prevalence and factors associated with anxiety, depression and stress in a COVID-19 nursing team.

Autor: Appel AP; Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE). Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil., Carvalho ARDS; Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), Curso de Enfermagem. Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil., Santos RPD; Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná (HUOP). Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista gaucha de enfermagem [Rev Gaucha Enferm] 2021 Sep 22; Vol. 42 (spe), pp. e20200403. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 22 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200403
Abstrakt: Objective: To investigate the levels of anxiety, depression and stress and their associated factors, among nursing professionals who make up the team working against COVID-19 of a University Hospital in the south of Brazil.
Method: Exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from May to July 2020.
Results: From the total number of professionals, 53.8% had anxiety; 38.4% depression; and 40.3%, stress. Age, length of service in the profession, job satisfaction and work shift showed a statistically significant association with depression, while the employment contract, length of service in the UH, length of service in the unit prior to the opening of the COVID-19 unit and satisfaction at work showed a significant association with stress.
Conclusions: The nursing professionals of the COVID-19 team have important levels of anxiety, depression and stress, and the factors associated with depression and stress have been identified.
Databáze: MEDLINE