Adoecimento mental na população geral e em profissionais de saúde durante a covid-19: scoping review

Wanderson Carneiro  Moreira; Anderson Reis  de Sousa; Maria do Perpétuo S. S.  Nóbrega

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.689

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Wanderson Carneiro Moreira Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-1949
Anderson Reis de Sousa Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Enfermagem https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8534-1960
Maria do Perpétuo S. S. Nóbrega Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-0611

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.689

Keywords:

Coronavirus infections, Mental health, Health personnel, Psychological stress, Pandemics

Abstract

Objective: to map the literature on mental illness in the general population and in health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Method: a scoping review in the MEDLINE / PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Science Direct databases and in the medRxiv, bioRxiv and PsyArXiv preprint servers, using the descriptors “Covid-19”, “coronavirus infection”, “coronavirus” , “2019-nCoV”, “2019 novel coronavirus disease”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “health personnel”, “general public” and “mental health”.

Results: 1,168 articles were found, of which 27 were analyzed. 19 (70%) dealt with the prevalence of mental illness in the general population, six (22%) in doctors and nurses, one (4%) in other health professionals and one (4%) in the general population and nurses. 19 symptoms of mental illness were identified.

Conclusion: the Covid-19 pandemic triggered, more frequently, anxiety, depression, stress and post-traumatic stress disorders in the general population and health professionals. Women, students and nurses are among the most affected.