Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care
<p><strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 involves specific challenges for healthcare workers, which represent a greater burden of stress. This confers interest and relevance to the study of the affective sphere in this sector, a protagonist in the positive COVID-19 patient’s care.&...
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| author | Yaima Alonso Cruz Ivonne Cepero Rodríguez Lucia del Carmen Alba Pérez Vivian Pérez de la Cruz Leidiana Escobedo Sánchez |
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| description | <p><strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 involves specific challenges for healthcare workers, which represent a greater burden of stress. This confers interest and relevance to the study of the affective sphere in this sector, a protagonist in the positive COVID-19 patient’s care.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in health professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 patient’s care; between April and July 2020, at the Manuel Fajardo Rivero hospital in Santa Clara. 82 workers (nurses and health technologists) were the study population. The variables studied were sex, professional category and range of severity of affective symptoms (depression and anxiety).<br /><strong>Results</strong>: all the professionals presented some degree of anxiety, with a predominance of the moderate form (64.6%). The 63.4% did not show depression, however, 43.47% of those who had this symptom were women, and 52.63% were professional nurses. Anxiety moderately affected 72.22% of men, 58.69% of women, and 68.42% of nurses.<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: Among the affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID 19 cases care, a predominance of anxiety was observed. This study explores aspects of mental health that foresee the importance of future interventions.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec45091e74204c10ab697b98c886cd682025-01-30T21:28:57ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2021-08-011945645712019Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases careYaima Alonso Cruz0Ivonne Cepero Rodríguez1Lucia del Carmen Alba Pérez2Vivian Pérez de la Cruz3Leidiana Escobedo Sánchez4Hospital Universitario Manuel Fajardo Rivero. Santa Clara, Villa ClaraHospital Universitario Manuel Fajardo Rivero. Santa Clara, Villa ClaraHospital Universitario Manuel Fajardo Rivero. Santa Clara, Villa ClaraHospital Universitario Manuel Fajardo Rivero. Santa Clara, Villa ClaraHospital Universitario Manuel Fajardo Rivero. Santa Clara, Villa Clara<p><strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 involves specific challenges for healthcare workers, which represent a greater burden of stress. This confers interest and relevance to the study of the affective sphere in this sector, a protagonist in the positive COVID-19 patient’s care.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in health professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 patient’s care; between April and July 2020, at the Manuel Fajardo Rivero hospital in Santa Clara. 82 workers (nurses and health technologists) were the study population. The variables studied were sex, professional category and range of severity of affective symptoms (depression and anxiety).<br /><strong>Results</strong>: all the professionals presented some degree of anxiety, with a predominance of the moderate form (64.6%). The 63.4% did not show depression, however, 43.47% of those who had this symptom were women, and 52.63% were professional nurses. Anxiety moderately affected 72.22% of men, 58.69% of women, and 68.42% of nurses.<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: Among the affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID 19 cases care, a predominance of anxiety was observed. This study explores aspects of mental health that foresee the importance of future interventions.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5029infecciones por coronaviruspersonal de saludsalud mentalsíntomas afectivos |
| spellingShingle | Yaima Alonso Cruz Ivonne Cepero Rodríguez Lucia del Carmen Alba Pérez Vivian Pérez de la Cruz Leidiana Escobedo Sánchez Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care Medisur infecciones por coronavirus personal de salud salud mental síntomas afectivos |
| title | Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care |
| title_full | Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care |
| title_fullStr | Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care |
| title_short | Affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive COVID-19 cases care |
| title_sort | affective symptoms in professionals who work in the positive covid 19 cases care |
| topic | infecciones por coronavirus personal de salud salud mental síntomas afectivos |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5029 |
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