Saúde mental de farmacêuticos atuantes em serviços hospitalares durante a pandemia de covid-19.

Abstract

After the World Health Organization declared the disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic, a complex scenario of action has worried health workers across the country, due to the fact that these professionals suffer from the precariousness of health services and working conditions. The present study aimed to understand the consequences of the pandemic on the mental health of pharmacists working in hospital pharmacy services. It was a cross-sectional quantitative study, with data collection through structured questionnaires answered by the research subjects through the internet. demographic, social, economic and health characteristics of hospital pharmaceutical professionals, with emphasis on mental health conditions resulting from functional activities. The research sample consisted of 35 participants, mostly female (71.4%) single and without children PREVALENCIA. Most respondents were residents of the State of Paraíba (48.5%) and with a work address in the same place they live (85.7%). The largest number of participating pharmacists had Specialization as a higher degree of training and declared monthly income of up to R$ 5,000.00 (60%), declared having shown signs of anxiety, depression or stress (88.6%), in addition to having felt that their mental health was impacted in some way (91.4%). In view of the various causes of illness, the results showed that the shortage and charges for personal protective equipment, the overload of hospital pharmacy services, which already operated with few human resources, became determinants for the mental illness of hospital pharmacists.