Banca de DEFESA: DEBORA KATIELLY CAVALCANTE

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : DEBORA KATIELLY CAVALCANTE
DATE: 22/09/2022
TIME: 18:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

Integrative and Complementary Practices and Mental Health of Health Professionals in the Covid-19 Pandemic

KEY WORDS:

Mental Health. PICs. Pandemic by Covid-19. Basic Attention.

PAGES: 105
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUMMARY:

The current scenario of the Covid-19 pandemic has had an intense impact on the ways of living life in society. The health crisis required reorganization of work processes in health, in particular, of those who work in the so-called front line of the fight against the Coronavirus. The demands imposed in the work context, associated with the fears and anguish experienced by health workers had a direct impact on their mental health, requiring effective care strategies. In this scenario, Integrative and Complementary Practices (PICs) emerge as important care tools, contributing to the effective improvement of mental health. Faced with this reality, the study aims to analyze an intervention with integrative and complementary practices in the face of the impacts on the mental health of Primary Care health workers in Assú/RN who are on the front line of combating Covid-19. The study uses an interventional research approach, whose data will be analyzed through a qualitative approach. The study was carried out in two Basic Health Units (UBS) located in the urban area of the city of Assú/RN and has as investigated health workers of the primary care of two units of Assú/RN. In the data collection, structured questionnaires were used with both closed and open questions related to the mental health of health workers in the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first questionnaire was carried out before the intervention activities with the use of integrative practices and the second after carrying out these activities, aiming to identify the impact of the intervention on the mental health care of these workers. The intervention with yoga allowed a significant improvement, according to what was reported by the participants, in the levels of stress, anxiety, physical tiredness and emotional tiredness. In this sense, the intervention through yoga with health workers from two UBS in Assu/RN, carried out in the meetings, brought some changes to the physical, psychological and emotional condition of the participants, among which we can highlight: greater relaxation, greater quality sleep, more self-knowledge (mind and body), improvement in mood, improvement in work activities, reduction of anxiety and stress, balance and positive feelings. Finally, it was concluded that PICs are effective techniques for the care, prevention and promotion of the mental health of workers who were facing Covid-19 during the pandemic and, therefore, were strongly impacted. It is extremely important that these activities can be carried out continuously with the health team. In addition, when medical, psychological or psychiatric follow-up is required, PICs should not replace or eliminate these treatments, but rather be used together with them.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - 6468813 - ANA TANIA LOPES SAMPAIO
Externa à Instituição - ISABEL CRISTINA AMARAL DE SOUSA ROSSO NELSON - UERN
Presidente - ***.673.454-** - JOÃO BOSCO FILHO - UERN