Common mental disorders in Primary Health Care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic period: a cross-sectional study in the Northern health macro-region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, 2021

Abstract

Objetivo: analisar a prevalência de sintomas de transtornos mentais comuns (TMCs) em profissionais de saúde da Atenção Primária à Saúde, no período agosto-outubro/2021. Métodos: estudo transversal com profissionais de saúde da macrorregião Norte de saúde de Minas Gerais; amostragem de tipo “bola de neve”; a variável dependente, TMCs, foi avaliada pelo Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20); utilizou-se regressão de Poisson na análise estatística. Resultados: participaram 702 profissionais de saúde; a prevalência de TMCs foi de 43,2%, maior naqueles que apresentaram sintomas de transtornos mentais prévios (razão de prevalências [RP] = 2,42 – IC95% 1,43;4,08) e atuais (RP = 1,54 – IC95% 1,25;1,89), trabalho a mais durante a pandemia (RP = 1,42 – IC95% 1,16;1,73), sintomas prévios de ansiedade (RP = 1,27 – IC95% 1,01;1,61), depressão (RP = 1,27 – IC95% 1,06;1,52) e outros transtornos mentais (RP = 1,20 – IC95% 1,01;1,43). Conclusão: observou-se associação de TMCs com sintomas prévios e atuais de transtornos mentais e sobrecarga de trabalho, durante a pandemia da covid-19.

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“…Dessa forma, um dos grupos de risco mais suscetíveis a essas desordens psiquiátricas são os profissionais da saúde, que, diante do cenário pandêmico, passam por diversos desgastes físicos e emocionais 8 . Isso é justificável pelo fato de que eles, além de terem trabalhado mais durante a pandemia, gerando sobrecarga de trabalho, fator que favorece o surgimento de sintomas de transtornos mentais 31 , precisaram utilizar equipamentos de proteção individual (EPI), que causam desconforto físico e respiratório. Além disso, precisam, muitas vezes, atuar em ambientes pouco estruturados para receber pacientes com a doença, o que potencializa o medo do contágio.…”

Mental suffering and the Brazilian National Health System

“…According to the Minas Gerais survey, primary care professionals suffered the consequences of mental health overload, which also indicates the role played by health services in the illness of people who work in them. 2 In addition to the stress resulting from work activities, threats to the job stability of health workers, posed by outsourcing and precarious labor relationships, have become frequent in the context of the SUS and need to be combated to prevent mental illness among health workers. 1 There is a close relationship between mental suffering and social determinants.…”

“… 1 The mental health of primary care workers was investigated in a survey conducted in Minas Gerais in 2021, looking at effects of work overload and previous disorders on the occurrence of mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 Two analyses based on data from the Hospital Information System found a reduction in psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian National Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS) between 2008 and 2021, 3 and hospitalizations due to alcohol use between 2010 and 2020, 4 possibly reflecting effects of the psychiatric reform and its fight anti-asylum, as well as consequences of the pandemic on the chain of care. An extreme indicator of mental suffering, suicide, was assessed using data from the Mortality Information System for the period 1996-2018 and found higher risk among male and the elderly in Chapecó/SC, as well as identifying geographical regions at greater risk based on spatial analysis.…”

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“…The lack of access to these resources during the pandemic can lead to increased stress and anxiety, affecting their emotional and mental well-being. Furthermore, the pandemic has been a contributing factor to the increased risk of developing mental disorders [20][21][22].…”