Figure 2 - . QUAL+QUANT triangulation/combination related to the perceptions about physical repercussions on the health of Nursing workers from COVID-19 hospital units. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2020-2021.

Moderate or intense perceptions about physical repercussions on health
Day shift (p*=0.003)	Hour loads from 41 to 80 hours (p*=0.025) and having another employment contract (p*=0.031)	Female gender (p*=0.017)
[...] [day] it’s six hours. It’s complicated because there’s only one day off during the week. One Sunday per month, it’s the law. All the other days I’m here: weekends, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. It becomes heavy. “12 x 36” would be ideal. I even imagined that it might change because in the “in and out” inside the COVID-19 unit, we’re taking it [contamination] out.. Leaving it “12 by 36” would be better for us, as it is at night […] I don’t sleep enough time, sometimes I don’t eat what I want. I just can’t do any physical activity [...] (W † 2, M. ‡ , 39 years old)	[...] after I graduated, I always had two jobs. I’m already used to that routine. But I know that the body reacts [...] (W † 2, M ‡ . 39 years old) […] I worked in two places and I go to college […] but the routine was really heavy, so I resigned and stayed only in the hospital […] but I still do “extras” as an instrumentator, because of the financial issue [...] I work a lot and study, I live tired. I sometimes dream about the ICU§ [...] I wake up very early in the morning, and I sometimes wake up already tired. It seems that my brain just can’t disconnect [...] (W † 29, M. ‡ , 42 years old)	[…] I try to clear my head, do some physical activity, keep my mind busy. But I have a son that needs my attention. I give attention, but I see that I feel exhausted [...] (W † 6, F. || , 24 years old) [...] I’m a lioness for my children [...] the biggest priority in my life is them [...] I think: “I can’t be weak, I have to be fine for them”. Sometimes I get home willing to do nothing. I want to take a bath, lie down in the dark, wake up the next day. But it’s not my reality. I need to recover because I have things to do at home [...] (W † 9, F. || , 39 years old)

^* p = Probability;

^† W = Worker;

^‡ M = Male;

^§ ICU = Intensive Care Unit;

^|| F = Female