Os Impactos da Pandemia na Saúde Mental de Estudantes de Ciências da Saúde: The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health status of students of health occupations.

• Autor(a) principal: Seixas Campêlo, Bianca
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Medeiros da Silva, Weslayne, Cavalcante de Lima, Jefferson, Cristina Ribeiro, Mara, Cabral Silva, Juliane, Cabral, Adriane Borges
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Diversitas Journal
• Texto Completo: https://diversitasjournal.com.br/diversitas_journal/article/view/2111
• topic: Infecções por Coronavirus. Estudantes de Ciências da Saúde. Angústia Psicológica.; Impactos da Pandemia na Saúde Mental de Estudantes de Ciências da Saúde; Coronavirus Infections. Students, Health Occupations. Psychological Distress.

The present study aim was to investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health status of students of health occupations. This is a review at the directory of the BVS and PUBMED, on the following databases: LILACS, SciELO and MEDLINE). In the search for articles, the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS used were: “mental health”, “pandemic”, “COVID-19” and “college”. A total of 10 studies were included. The following impacts on mental health were evaluated: depression (40%), anxiety (40%), negative impact on mental health (30%), psychological suffering (20%), and the fear of COVID-19 (10%). University students are at high risk of psychological disorders, due to they suffer more by the impact of social distancing, isolation, and young age. Anxiety and depression turned out to be the prevalent and serious issues for students of health occupations, especially for female students. The main risk factors were social distancing and isolation, financial hardship, greater interest in media reports about the epidemic. The most effective prevention factors include decreasing hours spent watching outbreaks per day on social media and good support from the family during these unprecedented times.