REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot142110.32687/1561-5936-2022-26-2-126-131Original ArticleCOVID-19 burden: emotions of fear in healthcare providersGoncharenkoE. V.-SagitovaG. R.-MurzovaO. A.-ShaforostovaE. M.lenchiknew@mail.ruRegional Сhildren’s Сlinical Hospital named after N. N. SilishchevaAstrakhan State Medical University1512202226212613120062022Copyright © 2022,2022Introduction. At the end of 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus infection occurred in the People's Republic of China, which rapidly grew into a pandemic, affecting all countries. Doctors found themselves in a situation where it was necessary to apply all their skills and knowledge to “fight” the pandemic, putting their lives at risk.Purpose of the study. Study the emotional status of health workers affected by coronavirus infection.Patients and methods. The study involved 126 people: employees of a children's clinical hospital aged 19 to 65 years who suffered from COVID-19. Analysis of verbal responses, vegetative nervous system status, pantomimics and micro-expressions to control questions was conducted.Results. For control questions, the majority of respondents had hyperstick-hyperstick in 111 people, yawning in 13 people studied. Sweating - 15 people. A large number of discriminators were noted (licking and snacking on the red border of the lips, please drink) for 108 people. Pale facial skin was found in 33 respondents. Swelling, changes in the timbre of the voice to high, occurred in 115 subjects. Gestures-adapters (stroking the knees, hands, in the area of the jugular depression, the occipital part of the neck) were noted in 117 counselors. Gestures-manipulators (with phones, jewelry, clothing decor) for 70 interviewees. Strong micro-expressions of fear were not revealed, they prevailed in mild form in 108, less often in average - 15. In some cases, emotion was hidden by a neutral expression.Conclusion. Already, the work of psychologists of medical institutions should be aimed at correcting and psychotherapy of emotional disorders (fear), which will disguise themselves as panic attacks and syndromes of vegetative disorders in patients who have suffered COVID-19.gesturesemotionfearquestionsanalysisжестыэмоциястрахвопросыанализ[Ищенко Е. М., Сагитова Г. Р. Дистанционное обучение глазами ординаторов // Медицинское образование и профессиональное развитие. 2021. Т. 12, № 1. С. 117-123. doi: 10.33029/2220-8453-2021-12-1-117-123][Сагитова Г. Р., Мирошников В. М. Клинический этикет: учебное пособие. Астрахань; 2008. 68 с.][Воронков А. В., Геращенко А. Д., Воронкова М. П. Психофизическая утомляемость и пути ее фармакологической коррекции // Астраханский медицинский журнал. 2019. Т. 14, № 1. С. 8-17. doi: 10.17021/2019.14.1.8.17][Экман П. Психология эмоций. СПб.; 2020. 448 с.][Дарвин Ч. О выражении эмоций у человека и животных. СПб.; 2001. 384 с.][Наварро Дж. Я вижу, о чем вы думаете. Минск; 2021. 336 с.][Наварро Дж. Словарь языка тела. Минск; 2021. 176 с.][Мартьянова Л. М. Профайлинг в действии. М.; 2019. 232 с.][Ekman P., Friesen W. V., Hager J. C. Facial action coding system: the manual. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City; 2002. 672 p.][Гоулман Д. Эмоциональный интеллект. Почему он может значить больше, чем IQ. M.; 2020. 544 с.]