Anxiety in primary health care workers in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.48075/ri.v25i2.30964

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Anxiety, Primary Health Care, COVID-19, Health Workers

Abstract

Unfavorable working conditions and stress experienced in facing COVID-19 caused changes in anxiety levels among health workers. Objetivou-se avaliar os níveis de ansiedade dos trabalhadores da Atenção Primária à Saúde do município de Santa Cecília - Paraíba. For this, a cross-sectional, census, exploratory-descriptive study with a quantitative approach was conducted, composed of 53 workers from Primary Health Care. The treatment of the research data involved its tabulation, consolidation and organization in spreadsheets of the software Excel - 2007. The variables were measured in nominal, ordinal, and interval scales. The construction of simple frequency tables and descriptive measures enabled the inferential multivariate statistical analysis, using the R-Studio software. It was observed that 45 (84.9%) of these workers are female and the most expressive symptom of anxiety was tiredness, pointed out by 47 (88.7%) of these professionals. In addition, 21 (39.6%) of participants pointed to excessive demand as the most relevant factor for the onset of anxiety. When analyzing the level of anxiety - trait, it was observed that 38 (72%) of workers had high anxiety and, in relation to anxiety - state, it was found that 40 (76%) had high anxiety. Therefore, it was evidenced expressive manifestations of anxiety symptoms and the predominance of high level of anxiety - trait and anxiety - state among the population studied during the pandemic period caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Author Biographies

  • ADRIANA AGUIAR FERNANDES DE LIMA, UFPB

    Mestra em Saúde da Família pela RENASF/UFPB. Especialista em Saúde Mental e Dependência Química pelas Faculdades Integradas de Patos (FIP) e em Psicologia Hospitalar pelas Faculdades Integradas da Vitória de Santo Antão (FAINTVISA). Graduada em Psicologia pela FAINTVISA. Psicóloga do NASF do Município de Santa Cecília-PB.

  • JOÃO EUCLIDES FERNANDES BRAGA, UFPB

    Doutor em Farmacologia pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Produtos Naturais e SIntéticos Bioativos da UFPB (2011). Mestre em Enfermagem pela UFPB (2003). Licenciado em Enfermagem pela UFPB (1998). Graduação em Enfermagem pela UFPB (1995). Docente da UFPB.

  • Luana Rodrigues de Almeida, UFPB

    Docente no Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva na UFPB. Doutora em Modelos de Decisão e Saúde pela UFPB, Especialista em Gestão em Saúde pela ENSP/Fiocruz (2015) e Graduada em Enfermagem pela UFPB (2010).

  • FLÁVIA MAIELE PEDROZA TRAJANO, Prefeitura Municipal de Cabedelo-PB

    Doutora pelo Programa de Pós Graduação em Modelos e Decisão em Saúde pela UFPB, Mestre em Neurociências Cognitiva e comportamento pela UFPB, Especialista em Saúde da Família pela UFPB, Bacharel e Licenciada em Enfermagem pela UFPB. Diretora do CAPS AD Primavera da Prefeitura Municipal de Cabedelo-PB e Enfermeira da Prefeitura Municipal de Pitimbu-PB.

  • ALAN LEITE MOREIRA, UFPB

    Doutorando em Sociedade, Tecnologias e Políticas Públicas pelo Centro Universitário Tiradentes (2020-atual). Mestre em Políticas Públicas, Gestão e Avaliação da Educação Superior pela UFPB (2017). Especialista em Metodologia do Ensino de Química pela FIJ-RJ (2011). Graduado no bacharelado em Farmácia, Bioquímica e Indústria pela UFPB (2013) e na Licenciatura em Química pela UFPB (2008). Atua como Técnico em Assuntos Educacionais da UFPB (2014-atual) e como Professor de Química da Rede Estadual de Ensino da Paraíba (2013-atual).

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30-06-2023

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2023)

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AGUIAR FERNANDES DE LIMA, ADRIANA; EUCLIDES FERNANDES BRAGA, JOÃO; RODRIGUES DE ALMEIDA, Luana; MAIELE PEDROZA TRAJANO, FLÁVIA; LEITE MOREIRA, ALAN. Anxiety in primary health care workers in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ideação, [S. l.], v. 25, n. 2, p. 392–410, 2023. DOI: 10.48075/ri.v25i2.30964. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/ideacao/article/view/30964. Acesso em: 17 oct. 2026.