Fatores associados a altos escores de saúde mental de professores universitários durante a pandemia de COVID-19 / Factors associated with high mental health scores of university teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic
This work aims to present mental healthindicators and identify factors associated with mental healthindicators among university teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was carried out with data from 339 professors from four Brazilian federal universities. They answered to an online questionnaire, from August to September 2021. Mental health was assessed using depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21).The majority have had normal scores for the three dimensions, anxiety (57.20; I.C 95% 51.76-62.53), depression (61.10; I.C 95% 55.63-66.24) and stress (56.64; 95% C.I. 51.17-61.95). High scores for depression, anxiety and/or stress were associated with previous diagnosis of mental disorder, request for work leave because of the pandemic, spending at least 12 hours alone per day, seeking but not getting medical assistance during the pandemic and worsened emotional state (self-perceived) during social and physical distancingmeasures.