Vivências de luto e saúde mental da enfermagem na pandemia da COVID-19: o que nos diz a literatura?

Abstract

Objective: to map the existing evidence in the literature on the grief experienced by nursing professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic and to discuss the repercussions for their mental health. Method: an integrative review perfomed in the Pubmed, Cinahl, Scopus and Lilacs databases, reaching a total of 198 publications. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a corpus of 04 articles was obtained. Results: The analyzed studies were carried out in Brazil and the United Kingdom. Two studies investigated aspects of mental health in coping with Covid-19 specific to the nursing team, one addressed all health profes-sionals and the other surveyed health professionals and the general population. Conclusion: living with situations of mourning gives rise to feelings that affect the mental health of nursing professionals. The need for further studies to promote actions to support the experience of mourning in the pandemic is highlighted