Paulo Marcos Brasil Rocha*

Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: Paulo Marcos Brasil Rocha, Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena, Brazil.

Received: August 31, 2023; Published: November 01, 2023

Abstract

The coronavirus 2 has triggered a devastating pandemic with serious consequences for global health and economy. In order to catch the psychological burden status of this population in the peak of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, we have conducted a cross-sectional evaluation of a population of frontline health professionals in a Brazilian general hospital located at the city of Belo Horizonte. As many as 75,1% of responders manifested at least mild symptoms of generalized anxiety as assessed by the GAD-7 questionnaire, whilst 65,1% of responders manifested at least mild symptoms of depression as assessed by the PHQ-9 questionnaire. Prevention strategies should be fostered by healthcare institutions in order to mitigate the psychosocial burden of healthcare workers during and after the current pandemic.

Keywords: Pandemic; Coronavirus, First Wave; Health Worker; Psychological Burden

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Citation

Citation: Paulo Marcos Brasil Rocha. “Psychological Burden During the Peak of the Coronavirus First Pandemic Wave in Frontline Healthcare Workers in Brazil: Preliminary Results". Acta Scientific Neurology 6.12 (2023): 01-02.

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Copyright: © 2023 Paulo Marcos Brasil Rocha. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.