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- Title
Occupational stress in primary care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: mixed methods study.
- Authors
de Freitas Tamborini, Marcilene Marques; Flores Coelho Centenaro, Alexa Pupiara; de Souza Souto, Eliane Nogueira; Gisch Andres, Alana Thais; Fernandes Stumm, Eniva Miladi; de Fátima Colet, Christiane
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the risk of exposure to occupational stress among primary healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic and their perception regarding their experience. Method: mixed-methods sequential explanatory study with 50 primary care professionals. Sociodemographic, clinical, and labor questionnaires, Job Stress Scale, and semi-structured interviews were used. Quantitative data were submitted to descriptive and analytical statistical analysis; qualitative data were submitted to Thematic Content Analysis. Results: 66% of professionals were exposed to occupational stress. Doctors were associated with highly demanding work (p<0.001); nurses, nursing technicians, and dental professionals with active work (p<0.001); and dentists with lower psychological demand (p<0.001). Professionals with more than sixteen years of experience had better conditions to deal with stressful factors, compared to those with less than five years (p<0.03). Data integration showed implications of the pandemic in life, work, and interfaces with psychological symptoms. Conclusion: professionals worked under high psychological demands and a high risk of exposure to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-control and high social support may contribute to reducing these risks, as well as professional training and experience.
- Subjects
JOB stress prevention; SOCIAL support; JOB stress; ATTITUDES of medical personnel; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL personnel; OCCUPATIONAL exposure; INTERVIEWING; FISHER exact test; MENTAL health; PRIMARY health care; RISK assessment; COMPARATIVE studies; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUALITY of life; SCALE analysis (Psychology); CHI-squared test; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; THEMATIC analysis; CONTENT analysis; DATA analysis software; COVID-19 pandemic; PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2023, Vol 31, p1
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1518-8345.6797.4041