Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study aimed to analyze the factors related to the mental health of Community Health Workers (ACS) in the COVID-19 context. A total of 1,935 ACS from four Northeastern capitals and four cities in the inland region of Ceará participated. The following data were collected: sociodemographic; professional; SRQ-20; WHOQOL-Bref, exposure to violence, General Self-Efficacy Scale (EAEG), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), COVID-19-related information, and the coronavirus anxiety scale (EAC). Approximately 40.5% had SRQ > 7, signaling high levels of Common Mental Disorders (CMD)/mental health issues. We adopted the Multiple linear (backward) regression. We observed that the increased risk of CMD was influenced by exposure to violence, EAC, not knowing they had COVID-19, not knowing the variables that reduced the risk, the physical and psychological domains of the WHOQOL-Bref, not having increased working hours, and not having had COVID-19. The data reveal the multidimensional dynamics of mental health and help understand the relationship between community violence, COVID-19, quality of life, age, and ESF working time with the mental health of ACS.
Source: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Authors: Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira-Meyer, Sidney Feitoza Farias, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, Milena Silva Costa, José Maria Ximenes Guimarães, Ana Patrícia Pereira Morais, André Luiz Sá de Oliveira, Fernando José Guedes da Silva Júnior, Elaine Ferreira do Nascimento, Maristela Inês Osawa Vasconcelos, Maria Socorro de Araújo Dias, Felipe Proenço de Oliveira, Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa Machado, Marcia C. Castro, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Language: Portuguese
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4385434784