High prevalence of mental disorder symptoms among medical and other health specialties residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic put healthcare professionals, including residents (postgraduate trainees of health professions), under intense physical and psychological stress, hence at risk for mental disorders. We evaluated the prevalence of mental disorders among healthcare residents during the pandemic.

Methods: From July to September 2020, residents in medicine and other healthcare specialties in Brazil were recruited.

Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of public university hospital workers in Brazil: A cohort-based analysis of 32,691 workers.

Background: In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the world and exposed the fragility of health systems in the face of mass illness. Health professionals became protagonists, fulfilling their mission at the risk of physical and mental illness. The study aimed to evaluate absenteeism indirectly related to SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large population of health care professionals.

Mental Health and Burnout Syndrome Among Postgraduate Students in Medical and Multidisciplinary Residencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to high levels of physical, psychological, and social stress among health care professionals, including postgraduate students in medical and multidisciplinary residencies. This stress is associated with the intense fear of occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus known to cause COVID-19. These professionals are at risk of developing physical and mental illnesses not only due to the infection but also due to prolonged exposure to multidimensional stress and continued work overload.

[Vaccination in patients from Brasília cohort with early rheumatoid arthritis].

Introduction: Patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of infections. Vaccination is a recommended preventive measure. There are no studies evaluating the practice of vaccination in patients with early RA.

Prevalence of sexual dysfunction among female patients followed in a Brasília Cohort of early rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in women diagnosed with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (less than one year of symptoms at the time of diagnosis), as well as to evaluate the possible association between sexual dysfunction with AR activity and functional disability.

Methods: Cross-sectional study assessing women diagnosed with early RA, accompanied per protocol in the Brasilia Cohort, Hospital Universitário de Brasília. Demographics, disease activity index (Disease Activity Score 28 - DAS 28) and functional disability questionnaire (Health Assessment Questionnaire - HAQ), were obtained by direct interviews.

Physical activity among patients from the Brasília cohort of early rheumatoid arthritis.

Introduction: The 2012 Consensus of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology (SBR) for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) recommends that patients should regularly perform physical exercises. There have been no studies in Brazil on physical activity among patients with early RA.

Objective: To investigate the physical activity practice among patients with early RA and the possible association between physical activity, disease activity and functional disability.