A Percepção da equipe multiprofissional em saúde frente a pacientes não vacinados contra a COVID-19 em unidade de terapia intensiva adulto

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https://doi.org/10.7213/psicolargum.43.120.AO04

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The present work aims to understand the perception of health professionals who worked in the Adult COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a general hospital in southern Brazil in relation to patients not vaccinated against COVID-19. This is an exploratory qualitative study, whose data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with seven health professionals who worked in the Adult COVID-19 ICU of a general hospital in southern Brazil. The interviews were analyzed using Bardin's content analysis. Three categories of analysis were identified, which discussed the perception of health professionals towards patients not vaccinated against COVID-19, the feelings raised by these patients and the perceived motivations for not being vaccinated. The patients in question were understood as patients with serious clinical conditions and whose critical health situation reflected their individual choices. This situation aroused in health professionals feelings identified as anger, revolt, indignation, pity, sadness, indifference and impotence. Furthermore, the perceived motivations for not vaccinating include a lack of trust and information about the vaccine, fear regarding the adverse or unexpected effects of vaccines, political issues, denialism, conspiratorial arguments and disbelief in science.

Key words: COVID-19. Vaccination Refusal. Health Personnel. Intensive Care Units.

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2025-02-24

How to Cite

Schroeder, T., Paiva Muller, K., & Calesso Moreira, M. (2025). A Percepção da equipe multiprofissional em saúde frente a pacientes não vacinados contra a COVID-19 em unidade de terapia intensiva adulto. Psicologia Argumento, 43(120). https://doi.org/10.7213/psicolargum.43.120.AO04