Prevalência do transtorno de estresse pós-traumático (TEPT) em profissionais de saúde devido ao COVID-19 : uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder is characterized as a set of symptoms that are presented after exposure to a traumatic event, which can be of different natures, including aggression, accidents, catastrophes, and others. Since 2020 we have been living amid a SARS-Cov-2 pandemic that has affected millions of people around the world, generating uncertainty, fear and triggering a series of social, economic, and especially psychological problems. Bearing in mind the importance of this theme, the present work aims to carry out a survey of prevalence studies of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic through a systematic review. For this, a search was carried out for studies that addressed PTSD in health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, this search was carried out in the PubMed and SciELO databases. The search strategy was carried out through the PRISMA and COCHRANE recommendations. The screening step was performed in duplicate in a reading tool (Rayyan), where, after the end of the screening, conflicts between reviewers were resolved and, in case of disagreements, a third reviewer was consulted. Then, the eligibility and data extraction step were performed, in which 17 cross-sectional articles were included in the end. The prevalence of PTSD in health professionals ranged from 3.8% to 62.9%, where the main symptoms were intrusion and fear. The main outcomes found reveal the increase in cases of PTSD in health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the affected public, as pointed out by the studies, included nurses and physicians, with female individuals being the ones with the most PTSD. With this review, it was concluded that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder, where health professionals had greater symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, causing an impact on the personal and professional lives of many. Measures such as improvements in infrastructure and working conditions, reduction of work hours, psychological monitoring, training, guarantee of individual and collective protective equipment are necessary for crisis management and to minimize the worsening of mental disorders in health crises