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0152/2020 - The health of healthcare professionals in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic
A saúde dos profissionais de saúde no enfrentamento da pandemia de Covid-19

Author:

• Carmen Fontes de Souza Teixeira - Teixeira, C.F.S - Salvador - <carment@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8080-9146

Co-author(s):

• Catharina Matos Soares - Soares, C.M. - <catharinamatos@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8131-4831
• Ednir Assis Souza - Souza, E.A - <ednirassis@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5845-6527
• Erick Soares Lisboa - Lisboa, E.S - Salvador, - <lisboa.es@hotmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3390-7867
• Isabela Cardoso de Matos Pinto - Pinto, I.C.M. - Pituba, - <isabelacmp@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-2909
• Laíse Andrade - Andrade, L - <laiseandrade@hotmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1149-7636
• Monique Esperidião - Esperidião,MA - <moniqueesper@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1827-3595


Abstract:

This work aims to systematize a set of scientific evidence presented in international articles that identify the main problems that are affecting health professionals directly involved in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and point out actions and strategies for the protection and health care of these professionals. The main problem is the risk of contamination, which has led to absencework, illness and death, in addition to intense psychological distress, which is expressed in generalized anxiety disorder, sleep disorders, fear of becoming ill and of contaminating colleagues and family members. Situating this problem in the Brazilian reality, this article retrieves the analysis of the chronic problems that affect health workers, resultingthe under-financing of SUS, the freezing of spending in the sector, the deterioration of services and the precariousness of the workforce and points out the acute challenges facing work management and staff training, given the expansion of the hospital bed infrastructure and the reorganization of the work process in primary care to face the pandemic, emphasizing the necessary measures for the protection and promotion of health physical and mental health professionals and workers.

Keywords:

coronavirus; pandemic; Health professionals; health work management

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Teixeira, C.F.S, Soares, C.M., Souza, E.A, Lisboa, E.S, Pinto, I.C.M., Andrade, L, Esperidião,MA. The health of healthcare professionals in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jun). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-health-of-healthcare-professionals-in-coping-with-the-covid19-pandemic/17634?id=17634



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