Perceived stress and psychic suffering in health managers in the Covid-19 pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2024v45n1p3Keywords:
Health manager, Occupational stress, Covid-19, Coronavirus infectionsAbstract
Objective: to analyze the level of perceived stress and psychological suffering in health managers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The collection took place from April to September 2021, with 40 health service managers. An instrument for socio-demographic and occupational characterization and the “Perceived Stress Scale-14” and “Self Reporting Questionnaire” scales were used for the assessment of perceived stress and psychic suffering. The collected data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22.0. The present study is part of a project entitled “Health Service Workers in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic”, approved by the Research Ethics Committee under CAAE number 35260620.9.0000.5231.
Results: most professionals were female (90%, N=36), married (70%, N=28), with children (80%, N=32), with a mean age of 45 years and with a postgraduate degree. -graduation (47.5%, N=19). The average score related to perceived stress was 31.13 points (SD=3.77), with a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 42 points. With regard to psychic suffering, (40%, N=16) the managers presented probable cases of disorders. The practice of physical and leisure activities (p<0.05) plays an important role in reducing perceived stress and psychological distress.
Conclusion: health managers presented, during the pandemic, stress and psychic suffering, results that should be considered for promoting self-care to health managers, emphasizing the need to carry out physical and leisure activities.
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