Relationship between fear of COVID-19 and physical and mental burden of health professionals in the continuous care of patients during COVID-19 pandemic

• Autor(a) principal: Rezende Lacerda, João Pedro
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: de Freitas Oliveira, Iandra, Ferreira e Costa de Aguiar, Yuri, Andrade Cunha, Pedro Henrique, Falco Locarno, Rodolfo, Lopes Moraes, Lucas Augusto, Jesus, Luciana Angélica da Silva de, Marília Fonseca Lucinda, Leda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: HU Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/hurevista/article/view/36671
• topic: Fear; COVID-19; Depression; Burnout; Medo; COVID-19; Depressão; Esgotamento Profissional; Pessoal de Saúde

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic contributes to the exacerbation of stress and suffering of health professionals. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and physical and mental burden of health professionals in the continuous care of patients during COVID-19 pandemic in cities in the interior of Minas Gerais. Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 77 health professionals (32.0 (14.0) years; 67.5% female) who were in continuous care during COVID-19 pandemic. Sociodemographic and professional data were collected and the fear of COVID-19 was taken from the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), depressive symptoms by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Burnout syndrome by the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Research (MBI-HSS). Results: The total score of FCV-19S correlated with the weekly workload (r = 0.395; p <0.001), the PHQ-9 (r = 0.332; p = 0.003) and the Emotional Exhaustion (r = 0.253; p = 0.026), Depersonalization (r = 0.243; p = 0.033) and Low Sense of Personal Accomplishment (r = -0.389; p <0.001) dimensions of the MBI-HSS. In the linear regression model adjusted for potential confounders, the FCV-19S continued significantly associated with Low Sense of Personal Accomplishment and presented adjusted coefficient of determination of 0.372 (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The fear of COVID-19 of health professionals in the continuous care of patients during COVID-19 pandemic in cities in the interior of Minas Gerais was related to depressive symptoms and as characteristics of the Burnout syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and with low sense of personal accomplishment.