Publications by authors named "Heloisa Ehmke Cardoso Dos Santos"
Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Health Professionals in the COVID-19 Context.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
April 2022
Unlabelled: To assess the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in health professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic context.
Method: Cross-sectional study with non-probabilistic (snow-ball) sampling method. The assessment was performed using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and the prevalence of symptoms severity was calculated by point and 95% confidence interval.
Cultural adaptation and updating of the Risk assessment and management of exposure of health care workers in the context of covid-19 questionnaire.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
November 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to translate and adapt a COVID-19 risk assessment questionnaire for health care workers in Brazil, while also creating a complementary sociodemographic questionnaire.
- Five stages were involved in the adaptation process, including translation, synthesis, evaluation by experts, back translation, and pre-testing with health workers and students.
- The final adapted questionnaires were validated and designed to help reduce the risks of COVID-19 infection and illness among health care workers and students in Brazil.
Objective: To summarize the knowledge about recommendations for the use of personal protective equipment necessary for the provision of care by health professionals to patients suspected or infected by the new coronavirus.
Method: Scoping review with search for primary studies, reviews and preprints articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish, in the last 20 years on the bases WOS/ISI, SCOPUS, MEDLINE/PuBMed, CINAHL, LILACS and SciELO. Unpublished studies in journals were surveyed on bioRxiv and SciELO preprints.
Presenteeism and musculoskeletal symptoms among nursing professionals.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
January 2019
Objective: to identify the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in two stages (before and after six months of the first stage) and its association with presenteeism among nursing professionals.
Method: longitudinal study with quantitative data conducted in a Brazilian teaching hospital with 211 nursing professionals. The instruments used for data collection were: Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability - CUPID Questionnaire, used to identify the musculoskeletal symptoms and the Stanford Presenteeism Scale, used to verify presenteeism.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to analyze work accidents among nursing staff related to exposure to biological materials and assess how organizational culture affects these incidents.
- Over a seven-year period, researchers examined 386 reported accidents, with a significant number being caused by percutaneous injuries, particularly involving needles and blood contact.
- Results indicated that while exposure to biological material needs addressing, there was no clear link between organizational culture and the frequency of these accidents among nursing staff.