Coping strategies, concerns, and habits of Brazilian men in the COVID-19 context

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa,Anderson Reis de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Teixeira,Jules Ramon Brito, Mota,Tilson Nunes, Santana,Thiago da Silva, Santos,Sélton Diniz dos, Merces,Magno Conceição das, Carvalho,Evanilda Souza de Santana, Sousa,Álvaro Francisco Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000800224
• topic: Pandemics; COVID-19; Men; Strategies; Habits

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe coping strategies, concerns and habits of Brazilian men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive and nationwide study, carried out in 2020 with a total of 1015 men living in Brazil. A descriptive statistic was used. Results: Young (41.2%), black (61.4%), highly educated (66.8%), high income (33.2%), living with family/friends (49.7%) and formal workers (65.6%) predominated. As coping strategies predominated: exclusive use of the private health system (36.4%), support from family/friends (78.2%) and leisure (97.7%) and domestic activities (64.9 %). Social distancing (59.7%), economic (58.0%) and work situations (44.4%) were the main reasons for concern. Among the prevention/control attitudes, hand washing (94.3%) and social distancing (91.0%) prevailed. Media consumption (84.6%) and health risk (65.4%) were the main increased habits. Conclusion: Brazilian men adopted coping strategies recommended by health authorities, with concerns and habits of potential risk to physical and mental health.