Marcilene Marques de Freitas Tamborini, Alexa Pupiara Flores Coelho Centenaro, Eliane Nogueira de Souza Souto, Alana Thais Gisch Andres, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm, Christiane de Fátima Colet
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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.
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A Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem constitui-se no órgão oficial de divulgação científica da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo e do Centro Colaborador da OMS para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Enfermagem. Foi criada em abril de 1992 sendo sua primeira edição publicada em janeiro de 1993. No período de 1993 a 1997 tinha periodicidade semestral, de 1997 a 2000 trimestral e, a partir de janeiro de 2001, tem periodicidade bimestral.
Caracteriza-se como periódico de circulação internacional, abrangendo predominantemente os países da América Latina e Caribe, embora seja também divulgado para assinantes dos Estados Unidos, Portugal e Espanha.