ABSTRACT
Objective:
to identify anxiety symptoms and associated factors among health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method:
a cross-sectional study carried out with 1,354 health professionals, whose socio-professional data and psychological and physical anxiety symptoms were collected via Google Forms between May 17th and May 21st, 2020, in northeastern Brazil, and analyzed using Pearson’s Chi-Square test and logistic regression.
Results:
there was an association between psychological symptoms and age (p=0.036) and female gender (p=0.015), as well as between physical symptoms and age (p=0.000), having provided care for patients with COVID-19 (p=0.003), if the professional presented COVID-19 symptoms (p=0.000), with social interaction with symptomatic people (p=0.028) and gender (p=0.000).
Conclusion:
the study may support a better understanding of the health professionals’ experience in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic for developing policies for the care of professionals, as well as encourage further studies, considering the urgency, uniqueness and magnitude of the situation experienced.
DESCRIPTORS
Pessoal de Saúde; Ansiedade; Medo; Pandemia; Coronavírus