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COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an important negative psychological impact on people worldwide, especially nursing professionals who seem to be more vulnerable to the development of psychopathological symptoms. Objective: To analyze relationships between variables from the social and clinical contexts...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710766 |
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author | Nóbrega, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa Kogien, Moisés Marcon, Samira Reschetti de Souza Gonçalves, Angélica Martins Bittencourt, Marina Nolli Pena, José Luís Cunha Silva, Maria Silvia Costa Santos Junior, Darci Francisco Mendes, Dárcio Tadeu Moreira, Wanderson Carneiro da Silva Chaves, Suellen Cristina Alves, Jheynny Sousa da Silva Lins, José Carlos Alves, Veônica de Medeiros |
author_facet | Nóbrega, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa Kogien, Moisés Marcon, Samira Reschetti de Souza Gonçalves, Angélica Martins Bittencourt, Marina Nolli Pena, José Luís Cunha Silva, Maria Silvia Costa Santos Junior, Darci Francisco Mendes, Dárcio Tadeu Moreira, Wanderson Carneiro da Silva Chaves, Suellen Cristina Alves, Jheynny Sousa da Silva Lins, José Carlos Alves, Veônica de Medeiros |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has had an important negative psychological impact on people worldwide, especially nursing professionals who seem to be more vulnerable to the development of psychopathological symptoms. Objective: To analyze relationships between variables from the social and clinical contexts with psychopathological symptoms in nursing professionals from different geographic regions of Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with 1737 nursing professionals from the five regions of Brazil. Data collection was carried out online with a questionnaire made available via Google Forms containing sociodemographic, occupational, and clinical questions, and the Symptom Assessment Scale-40-R, for the assessment of psychopathological symptoms. Differences between mean scores for the severity of psychopathological symptoms were assessed using the Mann–Whitney and Kruskall–Wallis tests. Results: There was a significant difference in the psychoticism domain scores according to Brazilian geographic region, with greater severity among professionals from the North and Northeast regions when compared with those from the South region. Social context variables (gender, age group, and marital status) and clinical variables (psychological and psychiatric follow-up; psychological or emotional support by the institution; family member, friend, neighbor, or co-worker with COVID-19, and death among them; use of psychiatric medication without a medical prescription; and taking steps to take care of their mental health) were significantly related to psychopathological symptoms. Conclusions: The results point to the importance of mental health promotion strategies for professionals through psychological or emotional support, as evidence indicates that this support can be a predictor of reduced psychological distress. |
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spelling | pubmed-95185232022-09-29 COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms Nóbrega, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa Kogien, Moisés Marcon, Samira Reschetti de Souza Gonçalves, Angélica Martins Bittencourt, Marina Nolli Pena, José Luís Cunha Silva, Maria Silvia Costa Santos Junior, Darci Francisco Mendes, Dárcio Tadeu Moreira, Wanderson Carneiro da Silva Chaves, Suellen Cristina Alves, Jheynny Sousa da Silva Lins, José Carlos Alves, Veônica de Medeiros Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic has had an important negative psychological impact on people worldwide, especially nursing professionals who seem to be more vulnerable to the development of psychopathological symptoms. Objective: To analyze relationships between variables from the social and clinical contexts with psychopathological symptoms in nursing professionals from different geographic regions of Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with 1737 nursing professionals from the five regions of Brazil. Data collection was carried out online with a questionnaire made available via Google Forms containing sociodemographic, occupational, and clinical questions, and the Symptom Assessment Scale-40-R, for the assessment of psychopathological symptoms. Differences between mean scores for the severity of psychopathological symptoms were assessed using the Mann–Whitney and Kruskall–Wallis tests. Results: There was a significant difference in the psychoticism domain scores according to Brazilian geographic region, with greater severity among professionals from the North and Northeast regions when compared with those from the South region. Social context variables (gender, age group, and marital status) and clinical variables (psychological and psychiatric follow-up; psychological or emotional support by the institution; family member, friend, neighbor, or co-worker with COVID-19, and death among them; use of psychiatric medication without a medical prescription; and taking steps to take care of their mental health) were significantly related to psychopathological symptoms. Conclusions: The results point to the importance of mental health promotion strategies for professionals through psychological or emotional support, as evidence indicates that this support can be a predictor of reduced psychological distress. MDPI 2022-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9518523/ /pubmed/36078484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710766 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Nóbrega, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Sousa Kogien, Moisés Marcon, Samira Reschetti de Souza Gonçalves, Angélica Martins Bittencourt, Marina Nolli Pena, José Luís Cunha Silva, Maria Silvia Costa Santos Junior, Darci Francisco Mendes, Dárcio Tadeu Moreira, Wanderson Carneiro da Silva Chaves, Suellen Cristina Alves, Jheynny Sousa da Silva Lins, José Carlos Alves, Veônica de Medeiros COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms |
title | COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms |
title_full | COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms |
title_short | COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals in Brazil: Associations between Social and Clinical Contexts and Psychopathological Symptoms |
title_sort | covid-19 and the mental health of nursing professionals in brazil: associations between social and clinical contexts and psychopathological symptoms |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710766 |
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