Avaliação da ansiedade em trabalhadores da atenção primária à saúde no contexto da pandemia da Covid-19

Abstract

Introduction: COVID-19 caused a pandemic, therefore, all levels of health care prioritized their action to combat the infection, which includes Primary Health Care. Unfavorable conditions and stress experienced while coping with COVID-19, caused high levels of anxiety in health workers. Objective: To assess the anxiety levels of Primary Health Care workers in Santa Cecília - Paraíba who are working to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional, census, exploratory-descriptive study with a quantitative approach, comprising 53 Primary Health Care workers. The data generated from the response to the instruments went through a treatment process that involved their due tabulation, consolidation and organization in Excel spreadsheets - 2007. The variables were measured at the scale levels: nominal, ordinal and interval. For the statistical analysis through the construction of simple frequency tables and relevant descriptive measures, multivariate inferential statistics techniques were used, using the R-Studio software. Results: It was observed that 45 (84.9%) of these workers are female. It was found that the most expressive symptom of anxiety was tiredness reported by 47 (88.7%) of these workers. 21 (39.6%) of the workers indicated excessive demand as the most relevant factor for the appearance of anxiety. When analyzing the level of anxiety – trait, it was observed that 38 (72%) of the study participants had high anxiety. With regard to anxiety – state, it was found that 40 (76%) of the workers had high anxiety. Conclusion: The present study shows expressive manifestations of anxiety symptoms and the predominance of high level of anxiety - trait and anxiety - state among the studied population during the COVID-19 pandemic period.