Trait and state anxiety in healthcare professionals of intensive care unit.

Objective: To estimate trait and state anxiety levels among intensivecare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Method: Cross-sectional, analytical study, conducted from April to July 2022, in a teaching hospital in southern Brazil, using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scale.

Results: Trait and state anxiety were present in more than half of the sample, being associated with gender, age group, having children, weekly workload, time working in the hospital and ICU (p<0.