Saúde mental dos professores de uma universidade do Rio Grande do Sul.

Abstract

Currently, teaching faces the challenge of being linked to innovation, having to respond to the impositions of contemporaneity. Thus, a need for the use of technology tools and new ways of teaching and learning emerge. There is also the demand for higher productivity, which can trigger suffering and overload. This research aims to understand how the mental health of university professors of health courses is, through the indicators: stress, anxiety and depression. The method used was mixed (quantitative and qualitative). The quantitative data were collected using the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). The qualitative part was carried out through an open question, added at the end of the mentioned scale. The data were collected during the pandemic of the new Coronavirus. The main results indicated the depression's indicator in 84% of the sample at the Normal and Mild levels, and the anxiety’s indicator in 93% at the Normal and Mild levels, and the stress’s indicator in 63% at the Normal and Mild levels. When analyzing the courses separately, the stress levels are higher in three of them, physical education, nutrition and dentistry with levels from Moderate to Extremely Severe. The interviewees' narratives it was according to the percentages, bringing up the question of overload that may be the cause of stress levels. It was possible to identify how the profession’s functions mobilize the mental health of these subjects.