Mental health of nursing in coping with COVID-19 at a regional university hospital.

Dal'Bosco, Eduardo Bassani; Floriano, Lara Simone Messias; Skupien, Suellen Vienscoski; Arcaro, Guilherme; Martins, Alessandra Rodrigues; Anselmo, Aline Cristina Correa

OBJECTIVE to identify prevalence and factors associated with anxiety and depression in nursing professionals who work to cope with COVID-19 at a university hospital. METHODS a cross-sectional observational study using a sociodemographic questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, with 88 nursing professionals. Data were analyzed using absolute and relative frequency and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. RESULTS there was prevalence of anxiety (48.9%) and depression (25%). The majority of the sample consisted of women over 40 years old, married or in a common-law marriage, white, with higher education or graduate degree, with an income above 3,000.00 reais, public servants, working 40 hours a week and working in the hospital from 1 to 5 years. CONCLUSION we must consider the impact on mental health nursing caused by COVID-19 and intervene with coping strategies to minimize the suffering of professionals.