Abstract

SILVA, Dayane Rodrigues  and  PEGORARO, Renata Fabiana. Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Performance of Professionals in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.2, pp.482-502.  Epub May 03, 2024. ISSN 1808-4281.  https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2023.77695.

In the context of the covid-19 pandemic, health professionals have been exposed to situations that can produce psychological suffering, such as risk of contamination, extended working time, absence of personal protective equipment, stress, and anxiety. This research studies the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the performance of professionals who work in the psychiatric unit into a general hospital. It is a qualitative research built up from interviews with health professionals whose script contained, among others, the following question: “Has Covid-19 pandemic brought changes in your professional performance?”. In order to analyze the findings, we have chosen the thematic analysis approach. Data findings pointed out that the challenges for care in the pandemic encompass changes in the practices of care, staff reduction, increased workload, lack of safety equipment, fear, and anxiety in the team, which implies the need for psychosocial support for the professionals, once the pandemic has deepened the experience of pre-existing difficult situations. Based on the above, there was a need for some new adaptations for doing the work in the researched unit, which faces both an atmosphere of tension hovering in the workplace and a reduced team of health professionals.

Keywords : psychiatric hospitalization; mental health services; general hospitals..

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