Analysis of cases and deaths from COVID-19 in nursing professionals from Amazonas

• Autor(a) principal: Barros, Francisco Railson Bispo de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Maria Emília Barrios, Souza, Jaqueline Tavares Viana de, Oliveira Filho, Vilmar da Conceição, Santos, Thays de Almeida Marinho dos, Magalhães, Vitória Mariana de Paula, Almeida e Val, Fernando Fonseca de
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/2466
• topic: COVID-19; Pandemia; Enfermagem; Epidemiologia; COVID-19; Pandemic; Nursing; Epidemiology; COVID-19; Pandemia; Enfermería; Epidemiología

This article aimed to carry out an analysis of confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19 in nursing professionals in the state of Amazonas. This is an epidemiological study, which used data obtained from the Nursing Observatory of the Federal Council of Nursing (COFEN), analyzing the number of cases and deaths in the period from April 2020 to April 2021. An analysis was implemented. descriptive statistics and the chi-square test was used. A total of 286 suspected cases, 148 confirmed and 79 deaths were reported, with an incidence rate of 278.31, a mortality rate of 148.55 and a fatality rate of 53.4%. The category of nursing technicians was the most affected, 62.8% (n = 93), the most relevant age group ranged from 41 - 50 years and the female gender represents 74.3% (n = 110). Only the gender variable was significantly associated with deaths from COVID-19. Oscillations between the temporal series of incidence and mortality were evidenced. It is concluded that nursing professionals in Amazonas are at a high risk of illness and death, which requires more careful attention from managers, COFEN and Regional Council to the labor field and support for the practice of nursing.