ANXIETY SYMPTOMS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Coelho, Manuela de Mendonça Figueirêdo; Cavalcante, Viviane Mamede Vasconcelos; Araújo, Michell Ângelo Marques; Martins, Mariana Cavalcante; Barbosa, Rachel Gabriel Bastos; Barreto, Andrezza Silvano; Fernandes, Ana Fátima Carvalho

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE • Cogitare Enferm. 27 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.79739 copy

ANXIETY SYMPTOMS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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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

Physical symptoms		No	%	Yes	%
	Tremors	1090	80,5	264	19,5
	Sweat	994	73,4	360	26,6
	Difficulty breathing	837	61,8	517	38,2
	Indigestion	727	53,7	627	46,3
	Palpitation	592	43,7	762	56,3
Psychological symptoms
	Terrified	674	49,8	680	50,2
	Fear of dying	536	39,6	818	60,4
	Nervous	366	27	988	73
	Unable to relax	320	23,6	1034	76,4
	Afraid	301	22,2	1053	77,8

Characteristics		Psychological Symptoms			Physical Symptoms
Characteristics		Yes (n)	(%)	p	Yes (n)	(%)	p
Age (years old)				0,036			0
	≤35	779	93		654	78
	>35	463	89,7		350	67,8
Workplace				0,538			0,264
	Other services (emergency care units and basic health units)	514	92,3		139	70,9
	Hospital	728	91,3		865	74,7
Workload (daily in hours)				0,068			0,349
	≤6	139	88		122	77,2
	>6	1103	92,2		882	73,3
Professional category				0,552			0,423
	Nurse	879	92,2		715	75
	Physician	230	90,2		181	71
	Physiotherapist	133	91,1		108	74
Type of activity				0,734			0,264
	Assistance in other health units	181	92,3		139	70,9
	Assistance in intensive care unit	1061	91,6		865	74,7
Assisted patients with COVID-19				0,638			0,003
	No	351	91,2		264	68,6
	Yes	891	92		740	76,4
Presented COVID-19 symptoms				0,127			0,000
	No	594	90,5		457	69,7
	Yes	648	92,8		547	78,4
Underwent COVID-19 test (any of the available tests)				0,266			0,57
	No	765	92,4		599	72,3
	Yes	477	90,7		405	77
COVID-19 test result				0,11			0,88
	Negative	263	89,5		217	73,8
	Positive	979	92,4		787	74,2
Someone from the social circle had COVID-19				0,451			0,028
	No	686	91,2		540	71,8
	Yes	556	92,4		464	77,1
Gender				0,015			0,000
	Female	1061	92,5		876	76,4
	Male	181	91,7		128	61,8

Included		95% CI for OR^ Odds Ratio.
Included	B (SE) ^* * Standard Error	Lower	OR	Upper
Constant	0,883 (0,138)
Age	0,507 (0,129)^§ § p<0.05.	1,440	1,566	1,728
Presented COVID-19 symptoms	0,434 (0,130)^‡ ‡ p<0.001	1,543	1,196	1,990
Assisted patient with COVID-19	0,326 (0,140)^‡ ‡ p<0.001	1,385	1,052	1,824
Female gender	0,758 (0,163)^§ § p<0.05.	1,469	0,340	1,645

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[1] Corresponding author: Manuela de Mendonça Figueirêdo Coelho Universidade Federal do Ceará – Fortaleza, CE, Brasil E-mail: manumfc2003@yahoo.com.br