Entre fake news e infodemia: os possíveis impactos para a categoria de enfermagem em tempos de pandemia de Covid-19

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic triggered an infodemic, characterized by the exponential volume of information, true and false, about Covid-19. This epidemic of infomation, which alloweda significant circulation of false news, caused misinfornmation and made it dificult to find reputable sources and reliable guidance on vaccines, medicines, treatments and health measures, precisely at the moment when society most needed to collaborate, to protect and overcome the public health crisis arising from the new coronavirus. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible mpactsof take news and infodemics on the nursing category in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this, an integrative literature review was carried out in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Cochrane, Pubmed, Google Scholar, BIREME, Science Direct, EMBASE, SciELO and Nursing Database (BDENF). After applying the inclusion criteria, 11 studies were selected for the review. It was noted that the spread of fake news has consequences such as misinformation, self-medication, worsening of the relationship between professional and patient, increase in additional research and fear in the population. In the scehario of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was evident that health professionals, especially in the nursing area, were more exposed and vulnerable to physical. emotional, mental and work issues, when facing the most different and expressive challenges in different environments. of work. When it comes to health, the absence or incompleteness of information and in particular, false information (fake news) can cause irreparable damage, as they offer an abundance of deformation of facts. In view of this, the importance of expanding the reach of true and reliable information is reinforced in order to weaken the power of fake news and strengthen the population and the health professional, especially nurses, so that they are able to consume deliberately and consciously the content.