Open AccessPrevalence of COVID-19 in health professionals and occupational psychosocial risks
Author(s) -
Mafalda Sousa-Uva,
António de Sousa Uva,
Florentino Serranheira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2447-0147
pISSN - 1679-4435
DOI - 10.47626/1679-4435-2021-625
Subject(s) - psychosocial , anxiety , medicine , cross sectional study , covid-19 , health professionals , pandemic , health care , family medicine , disease , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , economics , economic growth
Health professionals who provide clinical care are exposed to patients potentially infected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2), namely physicians and nurses; consequently, these professionals face higher risks of infection.