“Estamos exaustos”: a saúde mental dos profissionais da saúde na vivência cotidiana da pandemia de Covid-19

Abstract

The current outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is the biggest public health emergency facing the world's population in decades. Even in this context in which physical health has become the biggest focus of concern in the world, the impact on mental health has also become a focus of attention and can be experienced by the general population and the health professionals involved. This research aims to understand the feelings and difficulties shown by health professionals in the daily experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. For that, a qualitative study was carried out, through a documental analysis. Video records made by health professionals available on the internet were collected about reports that talk about their experiences and feelings in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was carried out through the Google search site, whose virtual address is: www.google.com. For this, the following descriptors were used: "COVID-19", "pandemic", "coronavirus", "vent", "testimony" and "testimony" and "report", combined with the descriptor "health professionals" and without use any type of filter. The following videos were included in the study: in Portuguese, English and Spanish; who use verbal language; and posting deadline from March 2020 to March 2021. Data analysis of the results obtained was developed through content analysis, with the formation of categories for better presentation. Among them, psychic suffering due to the increase in the number of infected cases and deaths, the precariousness of the working conditions of health professionals, the prejudice that made the moment even more difficult, as well as the work overload and isolation. It is concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the emergency to discuss the mental health of the health professional, since this theme was restricted to the context of work, and pointed out the need for understanding in relation to the factors that imply for the psychological suffering of these workers.