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RICARDO et al. Healthcare professionals in COVID-19: safety, fear, and intention to leave . Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.1, pp. 1-18. ISSN 1516-3687.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/ePTPC1913554.

The objective was to verify the fear of COVID-19 mediating role between the perception of safety at work and the intention of professionals on the frontline of COVID-19 to distance themselves from work. For this intent, 227 professionals (M_age = 33.01; SD = 7.67), mostly female (67.8%), answered the Safety Climate Scale in Hospital Work, the Intentional Behavior to Take a Leave of Absence Scale adapted to the COVID-19 context, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The safety perception in places of fight against the COVID-19 minimizes the fear of infection, consequently reducing health professionals' intention to take leaves of absence when in hospitals in the pandemic. Thus, ensuring the professionals' safety in their workplace is a protective factor of fear, so it may collaborate for the development of relevant strategies that minimize the intention to take a leave of absence.

Palabras clave : COVID-19; job safety; fear; absence; professionals.

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