Impactos psicológicos da pandemia de coronavírus (COVID-19) em profissionais de saúde: Overview

Abstract

This overview study aimed to synthesize the evidence available from systematic reviews on the psychological impacts on health professionals resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The protocol was structured based on the PRISMA 2020 recommendations and studies were searched in the PubMed, PsycINFO, SciELO, Science Direct, Web of Science and Scopus databases, including systematic review articles published up to May 8, 2022, resulting in a final sample of 32 studies. It is concluded that health professionals who are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic were exposed to multiple psychosocial stressors and presented prevalence of depression, anxiety, insomnia/sleep disorders, stress, PTSD symptoms, exhaustion/burnout and fear; representing a population that is especially vulnerable and more likely to develop psychological problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a future agenda, it is recommended that studies be carried out that include protective factors and interventions in order to minimize these negative effects on the mental health of health professionals during this pandemic context, examining the long-term effects.