Occupational health and the biopsychosocial aspects of health professionals in the face of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Integrative Literature Review

Abstract

Objetives: to verify in the literature, the situations of health workers in coping with the covid-19 pandemic. Methodology: This is a bibliographic, descriptive, integrative literature review type analysis, an Evidence Based Practice instrument. A bibliographic survey was carried out in digital databases, according to pre-established methodological rigor; information was collected in November 2020, in the SCIELO databases where 10 articles were used according to inclusion criteria. Results: the findings refer to the health of health professionals in a broad way, analyzing not only their physical well-being but also the biopsychosocial well-being. Conclusion: It becomes evident the significant challenges experienced by health professionals, which reflects not only in their lives but in the lives of millions of others, because it is through these professionals that there is help in facing the current epidemiological situation. This is a clear reminder of the neglect and little importance of the biopsychosocial well-being of this employer.