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Psychological distress in health professionals who are in the first line of care against COVID-19

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  • Romero-Alva, Niels
  • Gonzalez-Cordero, Nahuel

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Psychological distress is one of the events that compromise the mental health of health professionals in a situation that puts their physical and mental well-being at risk, therefore, the objective of the research is to determine psychological distress in health professionals that are in the first line of care against COVID - 19. It is a quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental cross-sectional study, with a total population of 147 participating health professionals, who responded to a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21). The results show that in health professionals, 61 (41.5%) present high psychological distress, 44 (29.9%) medium psychological distress and 42 (28.6%) low psychological distress. It is concluded that strategies should be sought to improve the mental health of health professionals, who are in the first line of care for COVID-19 patients and this should be increased in mental health services that allow attending to professionals who are at a higher risk of psychological distress.

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  • Romero-Alva, Niels & Gonzalez-Cordero, Nahuel, 2022. "Psychological distress in health professionals who are in the first line of care against COVID-19," SAP Health and Policy, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:shpart:shp202230
    DOI: 10.56294/shp202230
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