Sintomas psicopatológicos e situação laboral de profissionais de enfermagem no contexto da pandemia da COVID-19 na região Norte

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the association between psychopathological symptoms and the employment situation of Brazilian nursing professionals in the North region in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this, a 44-question instrument created and validated by the researchers and the EAS-40 Scale to assess psychopathological symptoms were made available through Google Forms. The invitation was made to nursing professionals in the North region through a link made available on social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp and also through emails. Such data were tabulated using Excel 2016 and refined using the IBM SPSS version 25 software. The sample consisted of 261 nursing professionals, and the results showed a significant association between workload and psychopathological symptoms related to anxiety, embarrassment in the work with symptoms related to Somatization and the presence of pre-existing diseases” with the symptoms of Psychoism, in addition, the data pointed to a duality in relation to satisfaction in the work environment. The data found in this study can serve as a reference for proposing mental health promotion strategies for nursing professionals who work at the regional level and as a model for the national scope.