MAGNITUDE AND SEVERITY OF COVID-19 AMONG NURSING PROFESSIONALS IN BRAZIL

Objective: to evaluate the trend, magnitude and severity of COVID-19 in Nursing professionals according to the Brazilian states and macro-regions. Methods: an ecological study of time series and with a spatial approach. Cases and deaths were surveyed from 03/20/2020 to 05/31/2020, made available by the Nursing Observatory of the Federal Nursing Council. Results: a total of 6,149 cases and 138 deaths due to COVID-19 were reported among Nursing professionals; a trend of progressive growth of cases and deaths was observed in all macro-regions. A high risk cluster for the occurrence of the disease was identified among professionals in the Amazonas, and another for mortality in the states of Pará and Amapá. Conclusion: the study showed growing trends and areas of risk by COVID-19, observing a different profile across the regions, which is due to the measures adopted in the institutions to protect their Nursing workers..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Cogitare Enfermagem - 25(2020), 0

Sprache:

Englisch ; Spanisch ; Portugiesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luana Seles Alves [VerfasserIn]
Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos [VerfasserIn]
Juliane de Almeida Crispim [VerfasserIn]
José Francisco Martoreli Júnior [VerfasserIn]
Márcio Souza dos Santos [VerfasserIn]
Thaís Zamboni Berra [VerfasserIn]
Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Corona vírus
Covid-19
Enfermagem
Incidência, morte.
Medicine (General)
Nursing
Public aspects of medicine

doi:

10.5380/ce.v25i0.74537

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ01512293X