Healthcare Professionals in COVID-19: Safety, Fear, and Intention to Leave

• Autor(a) principal: Couto, Ricardo Neves
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Medeiros, Emerson Diógenes de, Souza, Ana Beatriz Carvalho, Silva, Paulo Gregório Nascimento da, Guimarães, Clara Lohana Cardoso, Fonsêca, Patrícia Nunes da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/13664
• topic: COVID-19; segurança do trabalho; medo; afastar; profissionais; COVID-19; job safety; fear; absence; professionals; COVID-19; seguridad del trabajo; miedo; retirada; profesionales

The objective was to verify the fear of COVID-19 mediating role between the perception of safety at work and the intention of professionals on the frontline of COVID-19 to distance themselves from work. For this intent, 227 professionals (Mage = 33.01; SD = 7.67), mostly female (67.8%), answered the Safety Climate Scale in Hospital Work, the Intentional Behavior to Take a Leave of Absence Scale adapted to the COVID-19 context, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The safety perception in places of fight against the COVID-19 minimizes the fear of infection, consequently reducing health professionals’ intention to take leaves of absence when in hospitals in the pandemic. Thus, ensuring the professionals’ safety in their workplace is a protective factor of fear, so it may collaborate for the development of relevant strategies that minimize the intention to take a leave of absence.