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- Title
Healthcare Workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey.
- Authors
Cotrin, Paula; Moura, Wilana; Gambardela-Tkacz, Caroline Martins; Pelloso, Fernando Castilho; Santos, Lander dos; Carvalho, Maria Dalva de Barros; Pelloso, Sandra Marisa; Freitas, Karina Maria Salvatore
- Abstract
Brazil is in a critical situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers that are in the front line face challenges with a shortage of personal protective equipment, high risk of contamination, low adherence to the social distancing measures by the population, low coronavirus testing with underestimation of cases, and also financial concerns due to the economic crisis in a developing country. This study compared the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among three categories of healthcare workers in Brazil: physicians, nurses, and dentists, about workload, income, protection, training, feelings, behavior, and level of concern and anxiety. The sample was randomly selected and a Google Forms questionnaire was sent by WhatsApp messenger. The survey comprised questions about jobs, income, workload, PPE, training for COVID-19 patient care, behavior and feelings during the pandemic. The number of jobs reduced for all healthcare workers in Brazil during the pandemic, but significantly more for dentists. The workload and income reduced to all healthcare workers. Most healthcare workers did not receive proper training for treating COVID-19 infected patients. Physicians and nurses were feeling more tired than usual. Most of the healthcare workers in all groups reported difficulties in sleeping during the pandemic. The healthcare workers reported a significant impact of COVID-19 pandemic in their income, workload and anxiety, with differences among physicians, nurses and dentists.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ANALYSIS of variance; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; DENTISTS; EMOTIONS; INCOME; MEDICAL personnel; NURSES; PERSONAL protective equipment; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS; EMPLOYEES' workload; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Inquiry (00469580), 2020, Vol 57, p1
- ISSN
0046-9580
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0046958020963711