Burnout em profissionais da saúde que atuam na linha de frente durante a pandemia da Covid-19

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic had impacts on physical and mental health, especially for health professionals, which could lead to the development of burnout, especially in non-developed countries. Objective: To verify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health of frontline health workers in non-developed countries. Methodology: Integrative literature review carried out with articles published between 2020 and 2021. The following descriptors were used: occupational health, professional burnout, psychological burnout and COVID-19 in the following databases PUBMED, SCIELO, BVS and MEDLINE. Results: seven studies were included. Higher burnout rates were found in health professionals who worked on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic, with post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders and depression being frequent during the pandemic, it was also evidenced that, professionals females had their mental health more affected when compared to men, as well as older professionals were considered the least affected. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic increased the prevalence of physical and mental burnout among health workers. Furthermore, there is an association between burnout and women, who showed greater psychological distress compared to men.