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El doctor Jorge Ramírez, académico del Programa de Salud Global de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Chile, ha contribuido significativamente al entendimiento del impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la salud mental de los trabajadores sanitarios. A través de dos investigaciones publicadas recientemente, el académico aborda de manera integral los desafíos emocionales que enfrentan estos profesionales en el contexto de una crisis sanitaria global.
The first article, titled “Association of depressive symptoms with COVID-19 onset and 2-year mortality responsibilities among healthcare workers from 20 countries: a cross-sectional serial study across countries,” was published in the journal identified. BMC Medicine. This study, the result of a foreign collaboration, is based on a serial cross-sectional study survey and analyzes data received from the first two surveys of the Global COVID-19 Health Workers Study (HEROES).
The survey included a total of 32,223 responses from fitness professionals from 20 countries, with an average age of 40. 1 years and a majority of female participants (73. 3%). Findings reveal that an increase in the occurrence and mortality responsibilities of COVID-19 is especially related to the appearance of depressive symptoms, arising the desire to implement physically powerful intellectual fitness support for fitness personnel and after the pandemic . This study is a pioneer in creating a partnership, suggesting that the additional stress caused by increasing cases and deaths demands rapid and effective intellectual action measures.
“Se pudo determinar que efectivamente los países que tenían comparativamente un peor desempeño general en estos indicadores, tienden a presentar además peores indicadores de salud mental de sus trabajadores de la salud”, señaló el Dr. Ramírez.
Este hallazgo subraya la necesidad de implementar un apoyo robusto en salud mental para estos profesionales durante y después de la pandemia.
“This is a very important fact to take into account for similar events in the future. It is one of the first studies to confirm that its agreement among other people running in the countries and a primary effect on the intellectual aptitude of “Its staff fitness is something very worrying,” he added.
In this article, entitled “The work experience of health personnel in Chile during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on intellectual health: a qualitative study of the foreign initiative HEROES”, Dr. Ramírez will provide a qualitative study that explores the experience of health personnel in Chile. This study is based on 35 semi-structured interviews conducted between the second half of 2022 and the first part of 2023, and uses thematic analytical studies to read about the points that influence their intellectual health.
“The limitation of studies through standardized surveys is that they do not allow us to advance in a deeper understanding of the phenomena, especially when they are culturally diverse,” explained Dr. Ramírez. “We managed to finance to be able to carry out in-depth interviews and analyze these interviews,” he added.
The effects of this study are organized around 4 main themes:
“Surgen algunos elementos que en futuras publicaciones van a ser profundizados y que tienen que ver con la perspectiva de género, la importancia de la exposición previa a crisis como un factor que puede ayudar en periodos de crisis, cómo se conformaron los espacios de autocuidado, especialmente en el trabajo, pero también en la vida personal”, indicó el Dr. Ramírez. “También la relevancia que tuvieron los grupos de pares para apoyarse en las circunstancias más apremiantes durante la pandemia y en el tiempo posterior, y una evaluación respecto a las respuestas institucionales”, agregó.
Based on these findings, the study proposes five key spaces for intervention: the general perspective, previous exposure to crisis experiences, self-management spaces, the strategy between parents and the institutional response. The identity of these spaces suggests the need for a comprehensive study. to address the critical points affecting the intellectual fitness of fitness care workers.
Ambas investigaciones subrayan la importancia de priorizar el bienestar psicológico de los profesionales sanitarios, quienes han estado en la primera línea de la lucha contra COVID-19. Los resultados de estos estudios no solo amplían el conocimiento sobre la relación entre COVID-19 y la salud mental, sino que también brindan recomendaciones concretas para el desarrollo de políticas de apoyo en futuras emergencias sanitarias.
Articles should be published in the following journals: BMC Medicine: Depressive Symptom Association Medwave: Work Experience in Healthcare