The role of healthcare professionals in a Brazilian public hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.51723/ccs.v34i03.1578

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Health Personnel, COVID-19, Pandemics

Abstract

Introduction: the World Health Organization declared coronavirus infection as a global emergency. Objective: to analyze aspects of a group of health professionals that worked directly in COVID-19 confronting in a public hospital. Method: cross-sectional survey study, with a total of 142 participants. The data was collected by instrument applied electronically. Descriptive analysis was performed through Excel and SPSS. Results: the professional profile was predominantly female (78.2%; 111), over 30 years old (125; 88.1%), mostly technicians/assistants in the nursing care (74%); (59.9%), and confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 (53.5%) that were absent from work for 14 days for recovery. Relevant considerations to the nursing field: the research confirms pandemic related effects for the nursing team and the need to protect it in times of greater public health demands. Conclusion: these professionals had to deal with adverse working conditions in the full range of their professional productivity, especially through increased working hours and limited Personal Protective Equipment.

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2024-04-23

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Tavares Cavalcante AP, Oliveira Chaves M, Aragão J, Bernarda Donato Gottems L. The role of healthcare professionals in a Brazilian public hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic . Com. Ciências Saúde [Internet]. 2024 Apr. 23 [cited 2024 May 19];34(03). Available from: https://revistaccs.escs.edu.br/index.php/comunicacaoemcienciasdasaude/article/view/1578

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18º Prêmio CEPEn 2023

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