Objective: to analyze evidence concerning the risks of occupational illnesses to which health workers providing care to patients infected with COVID-19 are exposed. Method: integrative literature review conducted in the following online databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE/PubMed), Web of Science (WoS), Excerpta Medica Data-Base (EMBASE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Scopus (Elsevier). Original articles published between November 2019 and June 2020, regardless of the language written, were included. A descriptive analysis according to two categories is presented. Results: the sample is composed of 19 scientific papers. Most were cross-sectional studies with an evidence level 2C (n=17, 90%) written in English (n=16, 84%). The primary thematic axes were risk of contamination and risk of psycho-emotional illness arising from the delivery of care to patients infected with COVID-19. Conclusion: the review presents the potential effects of providing care to patients with COVID-19 on the health of workers. It also reveals the importance of interventions focused on the most prevalent occupational risks during the pandemic. The studies’ level of evidence suggests a need for studies with more robust designs.
【저자키워드】 Health personnel, Nurses, Coronavirus infections, infecciones por coronavirus, Physicians, occupational exposure, Infecções por Coronavirus, Pessoal de Saúde, Personal de Salud, Allied Health Personnel, Exposição Ocupacional, Pessoal Técnico de Saúde, Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros, Médicos, Exposición Profesional, Técnicos Medios en Salud, Enfermeras y Enfermeros, 【초록키워드】 pandemic, risk, Intervention, Contamination, Health, cross-sectional study, Patient, Descriptive analysis, Nursing, literature, Care, Evidence, health worker, original, literature review, index, Web of Science, CINAHL, article, Elsevier, MOST, Effect, System, Retrieval, prevalent, English, robust, composed, conducted, arising, category, reveal, concerning, illness, infected with COVID-19, patients with COVID-19, WoS, 【제목키워드】 Patient, Care, health worker, illness,