Impacto do perfil ocupacional, saúde mental e religiosidade sobre depressão, ansiedade e estresse de profissionais de saúde na pandemia de COVID-19 / Impact of occupational profile, mental health and religiosity on depression, anxiety and stress among healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a influência de variáveis ocupacionais e de saúde mental, religiosidade e estresse pós-traumático (TEPT) sobre depressão, ansiedade e estresse em profissionais de saúde da linha de frente da COVID-19. Métodos: Estudo observacional e seccional, realizado em hospital universitário no interior de Minas Gerais, com 151 profissionais de saúde atuantes na linha de frente da COVID-19. Utilizaram-se questionários de caracterização sociodemográfica, ocupacional e de saúde mental; religiosidade (P-DUREL); TEPT (PCL-C) e rastreio de depressão, ansiedade e estresse (DASS-21). Análises descritiva, bivariada e regressão linear múltipla foram empregadas. Resultados: Houve predomínio de participantes de sexo feminino, de cor branca, católicos, casados, de nível superior completo, com filhos, sedentários e sem histórico de doenças crônicas ou psiquiátricas. A minoria apresentou sintomas da COVID-19, teste positivo ou necessidade de isolamento. A maioria teve privação do contato com familiares e não recebeu suporte psicológico/psiquiátrico. A maioria apresentou sintomas leves ou mínimos de depressão (68,2%), ansiedade (64,9%) ou estresse (69,5%). A prevalência de sintomas de TEPT foi de 17,2%. Transtornos psiquiátricos diagnosticados previamente e presença de sintomas de TEPT foram associados a sintomas de depressão, ansiedade e estresse atuais. Escores baixos de religiosidade intrínseca foram associados a escores altos de depressão, e o sexo feminino foi associado a maiores escores de depressão e estresse. Conclusões: Durante a pandemia, sintomas de depressão, ansiedade e estresse foram comuns nessa amostra de profissionais de saúde. Os fatores associados a esses sintomas podem ser utilizados para identificar profissionais vulneráveis que precisem de suporte psicológico/psiquiátrico.

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the influence of occupational and mental health variables, religiosity and posttraumatic stress (PTSD) on depression, anxiety and stress in front-line healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An observational and cross-sectional study was conducted in a hospital in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with 151 health professionals working on the front-line of COVID-19. Sociodemographic, occupational and mental health, religiosity (P-DUREL), PTSD (PCL-C) and screening for depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21) questionnaires were used. Descriptive, bivariate and multiple linear regression were used. Results: There was a predominance of female, white, Catholic, married, complete higher education, with children, sedentary and without a history of chronic or psychiatric diseases. The minority presented symptoms of COVID-19, tested positive for the virus or needed isolation. Most of them had deprivation of contact with family members and did not receive psychological/psychiatric support. Most professionals had mild or minimal symptoms of depression (68.2%), anxiety (64.9%) or stress (69.5%). The prevalence of PTSD symptoms was 17.2%. A previous history of psychiatric disorder and the presence of PTSD symptoms were associated with current symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Low intrinsic religiosity scores were associated with high depression scores and females were associated with higher depression and stress scores. Conclusions: During the pandemic, symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress were common in this sample of health professionals. The factors associated with these symptoms can be used to identify vulnerable professionals who need psychological/psychiatric support.

Associations between surgical wound infectious and clinical profile in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

BACKGROUND: Infections are surgical severe adverse events that pose risks to patient safety in health services, in addition to increasing costs and morbidity and mortality. AIM: This study aims to describe the infectious profile of patients undergoing cardiac surgery and associate comorbidities and lifestyle habits with surgical wound infection. DESIGN: Observational and retrospective study. METHODS: The study included 453 patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a public teaching hospital from January 2014 to January 2019. Data were collected from the clinical records through an instrument composed of variables clinical characteristics, comorbidities, life habits, infection rates, infectious agents, clinical management and surgical wound features. Simple frequency, measures of central tendency and variability, Chi-Square test and logistic regression were used for data analysis. RESULTS: There was a predominance of hypertensive patients (367; 81%), smokers (107; 23.6%), alcoholics (76; 16.8%). Surgical wound infection affected 86 (19%) patients. Besides, most patients were under antibiotic therapy (310; 68.4%). Klebsiella pneumoniae; Staphylococcus epidermides and Staphylococcus aureus were the most frequent pathogens. Diabetes Mellitus, nephropathy and age were statistically significant (P<0.05) for higher risk of surgical wound infection. CONCLUSION: Chronic diseases and lifestyle habits were related to postoperative infection. More research is needed, focusing on risk factors for the development of surgical wound infection.