Mortality of healthcare professionals due to COVID-19 in Brazil: 2020 to 2022

• Autor(a) principal: Benito, Rosana da Cruz
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Silva, Eduardo Lourenço da, Benito, Linconl Agudo Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: REVISA : Revista de Divulgação Científica Sena Aires (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rdcsa.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/57
• topic: COVID-19; Mortalidade; Pessoal de Saúde; COVID-19; Mortality; Health Personnel

Objective: To analyze the mortality of healthcare professionals due to COVID-19 in Brazil from 2020 to 2022. Methodology: Ecological, exploratory, descriptive, comparative study with a quantitative approach. The data were acquired from the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Gripe) of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) of the Secretariat of Health and Environmental Surveillance (SVS) of the Ministry of Health (MS). Results: It was possible to identify the universe of 886 records, with mean and standard deviation (295.3±379). It was found that the greatest preponderance was made up of technical professionals or nursing assistants with 26% (n=230), doctors with 15% (n=133) and nurses with 10% (n=89). The level of educational training with the greatest preponderance was higher education with 50% (n=443). Final considerations: It was possible to verify an increase in the frequency of mortality records of health professionals due to COVID-19 in the geographical and historical area analyzed.