ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS IN TIMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48075/vscs.v11i1.34667

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the levels of anxiety, depression and stress of the sick team, in times of the covid-19 pandemic and the factors that influence them. Method: quantitative, descriptive, observational, transversal study, following the guidelines Strengtening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE). The sample was formed by the nursing team of a General Intensive Care Unit of a public university hospital in Paraná. The data will be collected between the months of April to July 2020, through an electronic form sent via e-mail. All regulations of Resolution 466/2012, of the National Health Council, are addressed. The data are compiled in Microsoft® EXCEL 2010 spreadsheets, processed and analyzed in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program version 26.0. Results: two 45 (71.4%) professionals who participated, 22.1% presented anxiety; 19.9% depressed; e 24.4% stress, being that possuir another link empregatício was the factor that presents a statistically significant association with anxiety and stress, while the levels of satisfaction in non-work present a significant association with depression. Conclusion: the levels of anxiety, depression and stress among sick professionals are considered predominantly normal, according to the DASS-21 scale. The highest score was for the stress subscale, followed by the depression subscale. No other employment link is presented as a predictive factor for not developing anxiety and stress, and satisfaction from work has a positive impact on the assessment of depression.

Author Biographies

Emanuele Finkler, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Enfermeira, Graduada pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, campus Cascavel Paraná. 

Ariana Rodrigues da Silva Carvalho, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Docente do Colegiado de Enfermagem da Unioeste, campus Cascavel, PR; Doutora em Ciências pela EERP/ USP. 

Tarcisio Vitor Augusto Lordani, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Docente do Colegiado de Enfermagem da Unioeste, campus Cascavel, PR; Doutor em Biociências e Fisiopatologia da Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM.

Reginaldo Passoni dos Santos , Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Enfermeiro Assistencial no HUOP – Unioeste; Mestre em Biociências e Saúde pelo PPG- BCS – Unioeste.

Published

12-07-2025

How to Cite

FINKLER, E.; RODRIGUES DA SILVA CARVALHO, A.; VITOR AUGUSTO LORDANI, T.; PASSONI DOS SANTOS , R. ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS IN TIMES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Varia Scientia - Ciências da Saúde, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 1, p. e–34667, 2025. DOI: 10.48075/vscs.v11i1.34667. Disponível em: https://saber.unioeste.br/index.php/variasaude/article/view/34667. Acesso em: 11 sep. 2025.