COVID-19 and psychological support by phone: Demands assisted at a call center service of a brazilian university

IntroductionThroughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, it was recommended to implement mental health care services mediated by Information and Communication Technologies to alleviate the suffering caused by the social distance.ObjectivesTo characterize the demands and the possibilities of psychological suppo...

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Published in:European psychiatry 2021-04, Vol.64 (S1), p.S300-S300
Main Authors: Floriano, L., Pinto, E., Bordin, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Call centers
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
E-Poster Presentation
mental health
Pandemics
Psychology
Telemedicine
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Summary:IntroductionThroughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, it was recommended to implement mental health care services mediated by Information and Communication Technologies to alleviate the suffering caused by the social distance.ObjectivesTo characterize the demands and the possibilities of psychological support at the Call Center of a Brazilian public university, which aims clarifying doubts about COVID-19 and to forward suspected cases of contamination.MethodsCross-sectional, quantitative study with secondary data. The data came from 60 Psychological Support attendance records, carried out over 24 weeks. The data were analyzed descriptively and by the paired test and McNemar.ResultsThe majority of consultations were for people aged among 51 and 60 years (21.7%). The main demands were social (40.0%), related to feelings (40.0%) and self-reported diagnosis (18.3%), with each service mostly split into two (31.7%) or three (31.7%) conducts. There was a significant increase in the average number of reports of symptoms of psychological distress experienced during the pandemic (p
ISSN:0924-9338
1778-3585
DOI:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.805