Estratégias de coping, indicadores de otimismo e crescimento pós-traumático da pandemia da covid-19 em profissionais da saúde

Igor Mapa; Aline Abreu Roveda; Sabrina Gevigi de Andrade; Isabela Medeiros de Almeida; Carolina Fiorin Anhoque; Aline Neves Pessoa Almeida; Alessandra Brunoro Motta

doi:10.47456/rbps.v25i1.39413

Authors

Igor Mapa Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-8973
Aline Abreu Roveda Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Sabrina Gevigi de Andrade https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5563-9715
Isabela Medeiros de Almeida Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-2364
Carolina Fiorin Anhoque Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0855-596X
Aline Neves Pessoa Almeida Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5892-3957
Alessandra Brunoro Motta Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/rbps.v25i1.39413

Keywords:

COVID-19, Optimism, Posttraumatic Growth Psychological, Adaptation Psychological, Mental Health

Abstract

Introduction: Being a health care worker acting in a worldwide sanitary crises can be configured as
a stressful event. Objectives: This study aimed to describe the stressors related to covid-19 and verify
the coping strategies, life orientation and posttraumatic growth correlated to them among health
care workers during the pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study. Thirty-
five health care workers of a convenience sample who were working professionally at the time
of data collect participated. These responded (fully online) to a socialdemographic and professional
characterization questionnaire, the covid-19 Stress Coping Scale — Health Care Workers, the Life
Orientation Test and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Results: The most mentioned stressors
related to the COVID-19 pandemic were “concern about infecting people in their daily lives” and
“changes in routine”. The use of coping strategies “problem solving” and “information seeking” were
presented as the most used. As for life orientation, the participants were optimistic, with significant
rates of posttraumatic growth. Conclusion: Adaptive strategies added to a more optimistic life orientation
may be contributing to posttraumatic growth in the face of adversity imposed by covid-19.

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