Os efeitos psicológicos da pandemia de Covid-19 nos docentes da Unigoyazes

Abstract

Introduction: In March 2020, due to the pandemic, mandatory quarantine was decreed in Brazil. One of the main and most complex challenges for teachers during the pandemic is to maintain mental health, they have an exhausting routine, often without the expected return. Furthermore, having to hire more than one type of internet, energy, computer, webcam, microphone to be able to teach online classes and having to reconcile everything with domestic and family activities. Objective: understand the negative effects of the covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of university professors. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 37 professors who work at the Centro Universitário Goyazes - UniGoyazes located in Trindade - Goiás. Results: The results of the research induced that most professors provided both level and moderate for anxiety , as for depression. Conclusion: Through the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, university professors sought to be inserted in an environment that favors mental illness.