Introduction:

The direct effects of Covid-19 went beyond the spectrum of clinical manifestations of the disease, changes in the affective states of the person were also evidenced.

Objective:

To determine the relationship between emotional affective states and professional burnout when attending patients affected by Covid-19, in Hospital Materno Infantil, during 2020.

Methods:

It was a quantitative, observational, cross-sectional, prospective, and analytical study. It worked with a census population of 180 healthcare workers, who were applied an inventory of professional burnout and a scale of anxiety, stress, and depression (DASS-21), which were previously validated.The X2 test was used for hypothesis testing, with a p < 0.05.

Results:

We found a relationship between the level of anxiety and the level of professional burnout of health personnel (X2 = 18.533; p = 0.000). There was a relationship between the level of stress and the level of professional burnout between these variables (X2 = 12.808; p = 0.000). Finally, we found a relationship between the level of depression and professional burnout (X2 = 13.618; p = 0.000).

Conclusions:

It was evident that 5.6% (10) presented altered affective states and professional burnout.