“Mental health, contagion prevention and risk perception of health professionals in the state of São Paulo during the COVID-19 pandemic”, original article published in BEPA in January 2023

“Mental health, contagion prevention and risk perception of health professionals in the state of São Paulo during the COVID-19 pandemic”, original article published in BEPA in January 2023

The original article “Mental health, contagion prevention and risk perception of health professionals in the state of São Paulo during the COVID-19 pandemic” published in BEPA, on 01/12, concluded that the percentage of psychic suffering – in the course of of this period – was expressive.

The study evaluated the adoption of contagion prevention measures and the risk perception of health professionals who worked in 15 hospitals in the state of São Paulo, from July 20 to August 25, 2020.

A greater chance of psychological distress was identified among women, doctors, professionals who did not receive good quality personal protective equipment (PPE), those who felt they had little control over becoming infected, those who were afraid of not surviving the disease, and those whose families were afraid of getting infected through them. In all, 627 people participated in the study.

The original article – published in Portuguese and English – is signed by Tereza Etsuko da Costa Rosa, Sonia Isoyana Venâncio, Maria Mercedes Loureiro Escuder, Maria Cecília Goi Porto Alves, Tazio Vanni and Alexander Precioso. To read the work in full click on the link: https://lnkd.in/ebRbGK-J