Impact and sequelae caused by SARS-CoV 2 in health personnel, under the magnifying glass of Social Production Relations.

Abstract

This research had the purpose of investigating the effects caused by COVID-19 in health workers, belonging to a second-level effector.

An exploratory, descriptive, correlational, retrospective and cross-sectional design was implemented with a mixed approach.

The population comprised active workers during the months of July 2020 and July 2021. Those workers dispensed with by Resolution 207/2020 and 296/2020 of the MTESS were excluded.

The investigation was based on completing three stages: identifying workers infected by SARS-Cov-2; differentiate the infected population according to the job function they performed within the effector; measure the physical and mental consequences of the infected.

In relation to these objectives, it could be determined that the infection rate reached 51% of the actual endowment of the effector, while the rate of infected by work function reached 79.3% (nurses 96%, orderlies 60%, maids 44, 8% and doctors 39.6%); while the postcovid sequelae reached 14.3% of the total infected.

In the third stage, a data matrix was built, taking "Postcovid-19 sequelae" as the unit of analysis, with "physical problems" and "mental problems" being the two variables fragmented into two cohorts: infected 2020 and infected 2021.

The analysis and interpretation of the data show that, of the total infected population, 14.3% of it continues with sequelae of the disease; their adherence to medical control is also low: 38%.