Efeitos do distanciamento social no nível de ansiedade e depressão em professores do curso de fisioterapia

Abstract

Introduction: Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-COV-2) is a disease caused by COVID-19 the first cases were observed in December 2019, in the city of Wuhan, China appeared the first cases of infection seem to have happened from animals For people. Objective: To observe the effects of social distancing on the level of anxiety and depression in teachers of a physiotherapy course. Methodology: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. 25 professors from the Physiotherapy course at PUC Goiás participated in the studies. Three instruments were applied: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: Teachers with a mean age of 42.24 years (sd±7.56) and, of these, 72% (18) are women, 76% (19) are married, 52% (13) have 2 children or more. Among the participants, 60% (15) have their own home and 52% (13) have a family income of up to 20,000 reais. 72% (18) of the teachers perform physical exercise and 33.3% (6) perform it 4 times or more and equally 33.3% perform it 2 times a week. The professors who participated in this research had few symptoms related to anxiety, even so, in a mild way, such as the inability to relax (48%), nervousness (60%) and indigestion or discomfort in the abdomen (56%). Regarding depression, 64% of teachers did not have symptoms. Associating the presence of depression with the profile of the sample, it was found that women have more symptoms of depression when compared to men, significantly (p=0.05). Conclusion: The pandemic and the social distancing caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) did not bring high levels of anxiety and depression, demonstrating that teachers had a positive resistance to the difficulties encountered in the pandemic. The practice of physical exercise mau haver contributed positively só that the level of anxiety and deprssion did moto increase.