Social support and professional networks of nurses and nursing technicians in coping with Covid-19: A sectional study in two Brazilian cities

Among healthcare workers, nurses are at exceptionally considerable risk for contracting COVID-19. Regardless of professionals' level of education, Brazilian nursing is one of the healthcare occupations shouldering the highest levels of responsibility and workload. Social support networks to hea...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 18; no. 1; p. e0280357
Main Authors:	David, Helena Maria Scherloski Leal, da Silva, Maria Rocineide Ferreira, Faria, Magda Guimarães de Araújo, da Silva, Tarciso Feijó, Ramos, Tatiana Cabral da Silva, Pereira-Silva, Marcus Vinicius
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 23-01-2023 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adaptation, Psychological Analysis Brazil Categories Cities Computer and Information Sciences Coping (Psychology) COVID-19 Cross-Sectional Studies Curricula Data collection Epidemics Health care Humans Medical personnel Medicine and Health Sciences Network analysis Nurses Nursing Nursing education Occupations Pandemics People and Places Psychological aspects Science Policy Social aspects Social interactions Social network analysis Social networks Social organization Social Sciences Social Support Technicians Training Working conditions Workload Workplaces Brazil Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Summary:	Among healthcare workers, nurses are at exceptionally considerable risk for contracting COVID-19. Regardless of professionals' level of education, Brazilian nursing is one of the healthcare occupations shouldering the highest levels of responsibility and workload. Social support networks to health and nursing can be a strategy to reduce workload and stress and may contribute to implementing the activities and protecting workers' health. This study aimed to map and analyze social support networks at workplaces as informed by frontline nursing professionals working in healthcare units in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza, capitals of the States of Rio de Janeiro and Ceará, respectively. This observational and cross-sectional study used an online data collection instrument based on social network analysis methodology. We recruited 163 participants in two reference services for health professionals suspected or with COVID-19 symptoms. The research question was: "Which category or categories of health professionals have supported you or other colleagues the most in the event of diagnosis or suspicion of COVID-19 among nursing categories? Data were organized by nursing category and city and analyzed through social network analysis using Ucinet©, generating graphs and centrality metrics. Results point to the central relevance of nursing categories in the workplace social support in the pandemic, followed by other health professional categories.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Undefined-3 Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. MRFS and MGAF are joint senior authors. TFS, TCSR, and MVPS are assistant authors and methodological reviewers.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0280357