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Can news with positive or negative content affect and a relaxation pause improve the emotional state of health care professionals? A randomized online experiment during COVID-19 pandemic.
Bazán, Paulo Rodrigo; de Azevedo Neto, Raymundo Machado; Lacerda, Shirley Silva; Ribeiro, Maurício Watanabe; Balardin, Joana Bisol; Amaro, Edson; Kozasa, Elisa Harumi.
Afiliação
  • Bazán PR; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • de Azevedo Neto RM; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • Lacerda SS; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • Ribeiro MW; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • Balardin JB; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • Amaro E; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • Kozasa EH; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Internet Interv ; 26: 100441, 2021 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34458106
A cause of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic is media exposure, which can impact health care professionals (HCPs) who must keep up to date with the statistics and procedures to fight the outbreak. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of listening to negative and positive news about COVID-19 pandemic and a relaxation pause audio. For that, we measured the emotional state through Likert items in a scale developed to assess how anxious, stressed, hopeful, conscious about emotions, irritated, despondent, joyful, optimistic, and preoccupied, he or she was feeling in the moment of evaluation. In an online experiment, an HCPs sample of 245 participants were randomly assigned to either listen to negative or positive news contents about COVID-19. After that, both groups were guided by a relaxation pause activity in which they paid attention to the body and breath. They were assessed before and after listening to each audio. After listening to negative news, participants entered in a more negative emotional state than at baseline (p < 0.001) and compared with participants who listened to positive news (p < 0.001). Both groups improved their emotional state after performing the proposed brief relaxation (p < 0.001). These results show the importance of HCPs being aware and controlling the content of consumed news. A brief relaxation practice can mitigate the negative effects of consuming information with negative content.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Idioma: En Revista: Internet Interv Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Idioma: En Revista: Internet Interv Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil