Occupational Stress in Workers at a Public Health Center in the City of Nampula – Mozambique During COVID-19

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Abstract

Currently, it is increasingly evident that health workers are prone to occupational stress. Thus, this article aimed to evaluate the prevalence and sources of occupational stress in workers of a public health center in the City of Nampula – Mozambique. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, and quantitative study, which applied questionnaires on sociodemographic and labor data and on stress in health professionals to 100 workers of both sexes and from different areas of activity. The descriptive analysis carried out using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences indicated that 33 workers from the total sample indicated that work often causes them stress, influenced mainly by career/remuneration, and family problems. Faced with this identified situation, it seems necessary to design and implement workers health care policies, as well as carrying out future research to improve knowledge about occupational stress and coping strategies.

Keywords: COVID-19, occupational health, psychological distress.

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Dezena Vicente, Rovuma University (UniRovuma), Mozambique

Licenciada em Psicologia Escolar, Mestre em Administração e Gestão Escolar pela Universidade Pedagógica, Moçambique. Docente do Departamento de Psicologia, Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia na Universidade Rovuma, Nampula, Moçambique.

Coutinho Maurício José da Silva Araújo, Nampula Central Hospital, Mozambique

Licenciado em Psicologia Social e das Organizações com habilitações em Comportamento Organizacional pela Universidade Rovuma, Moçambique. Técnico de Farmácia no Hospital Central de Nampula, Nampula, Moçambique.

Gildo Aliante, Save University, Mozambique

Doutor e mestre em Psicologia Social e Institucional pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil. Graduado em Planificação, Administração e Gestão da Educação pela Universidade Pedagógica em Moçambique. Docente da Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia na Universidade Save, Extensão da Massinga - Moçambique. 

Luciana Armando Paulo Elias, 1º de Maio Health Center, Mozambique

Licenciada em Psicologia Social e das Organizações com habilitações em Comportamento Organizacional pela Universidade Rovuma, Moçambique. Técnica de Medicina Geral no Centro de Saúde 1º de Maio, Nampula, Moçambique.

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2023-07-01

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Vol. 23 No. 3 (2023): rPOT N3/2023 - Ahead of print

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