Saúde mental e nível de atividade física de residentes de fisioterapia durante a pandemia de Covid-19

Abstract

Objective: Identify symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress and the level of physical activity in physiotherapy residents of a public hospital in Goiás. Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional descriptive study carried out with residents of the urgency and emergency and intensive care areas of a university hospital. To assess symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21) was used, in addition to a socioeconomic questionnaire. To assess the residents' level of physical activity, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire - short version (IPAQ) was used. Continuous variables were presented as mean and standard deviation, while categorical variables were presented as absolute and relative frequency. Results: There was a higher prevalence of anxiety symptoms, 80% of physical therapy residents had severe and extremely severe symptoms; as for stress and depression symptoms, 50% showed a predominance of mild severity; as for the level of physical activity, half of the physiotherapy residents are physically inactive. Conclusion: The present study showed a higher prevalence of anxiety symptoms with a higher frequency of more severe symptoms, moreover half of the sample had symptoms of stress and depression, in addition to having an unsatisfactory level of physical activity.