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Pandemia COVID-19: bem-estar e saúde mental de profissionais da saúde e da educação
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A pandemia COVID-19 representa um evento crítico, promotor de elevado
stresse, particularmente junto de algumas classes profissionais. Este estudo visa descrever
e comparar as crenças sobre a doença, o distress emocional (ansiedade, depressão e
stresse) e o bem-estar mental de profissionais da área da saúde (física e mental) e da
educação durante a primeira vaga de COVID-19. A amostra foi constituída por 190
participantes, 91 profissionais da saúde e 99 da educação. Os dados foram recolhidos
através de quatro questionários: (a) Questionário de Dados Sociodemográficos, (b) The
Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire–Versão breve, (c) Escala de Depressão,
Ansiedade e Stress-21 e (d) Escala de Bem-Estar Mental de Warwick-Edinburgh. Os
resultados indicam que os profissionais da área da saúde apresentaram maior
conhecimento acerca do controlo do tratamento da COVID-19, do que os profissionais da
educação. No que diz respeito ao bem-estar mental, foi possível verificar que os
profissionais do sexo masculino manifestaram níveis mais elevados de bem-estar do que
os do sexo feminino. Ao nível do distress emocional, apesar da tendência de aumento do
pré-confinamento para o confinamento em ambos grupos, não se verificaram diferenças
estatisticamente significativas. A análise dos resultados, considerando as variáveis sexo,
ter ou não filhos e nível de ensino em que os profissionais da educação lecionam, não
revelou a existência de diferenças estatisticamente significativas ao nível do distress
emocional. É discutido o contributo deste estudo para ampliar o conhecimento sobre o
impacto da pandemia em profissões expostas a stresse elevado.
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a critical event, promoting high stress, particularly among some professional classes. This study aims to describe and compare beliefs about the disease, emotional distress (anxiety, depression and stress) and mental well-being of health (physical and mental) and education professionals during the first wave of COVID-19. The sample consisted of 190 participants, 91 health professionals and 99 education professionals. Data was collected through four questionnaires: (a) Sociodemographic Data Questionnaire, (b) The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire– Short Version, (c) Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 and (d) The Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. The results indicate that health professionals had greater knowledge about the control of COVID-19 treatment than education professionals. Regarding mental well-being, it was possible to verify that male professionals showed higher levels of well-being than female professionals. In terms of emotional distress, despite the tendency for an increase from pre-confinement to confinement in both groups, there were no statistically significant differences. The analysis of the results, considering the variables gender, having children or not, and the level of education in which education professionals teach, did not reveal the existence of statistically significant differences in terms of emotional distress. The contribution of this study to increase knowledge about the impact of the pandemic on professions exposed to high stress is discussed.
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a critical event, promoting high stress, particularly among some professional classes. This study aims to describe and compare beliefs about the disease, emotional distress (anxiety, depression and stress) and mental well-being of health (physical and mental) and education professionals during the first wave of COVID-19. The sample consisted of 190 participants, 91 health professionals and 99 education professionals. Data was collected through four questionnaires: (a) Sociodemographic Data Questionnaire, (b) The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire– Short Version, (c) Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 and (d) The Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. The results indicate that health professionals had greater knowledge about the control of COVID-19 treatment than education professionals. Regarding mental well-being, it was possible to verify that male professionals showed higher levels of well-being than female professionals. In terms of emotional distress, despite the tendency for an increase from pre-confinement to confinement in both groups, there were no statistically significant differences. The analysis of the results, considering the variables gender, having children or not, and the level of education in which education professionals teach, did not reveal the existence of statistically significant differences in terms of emotional distress. The contribution of this study to increase knowledge about the impact of the pandemic on professions exposed to high stress is discussed.
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COVID-19 Bem-estar mental Distress emocional Profissionais Saúde Educação Mental well-being Emotional distress Professionals Health Education Psicologia da Educação . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades