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Data collection was carried out through an online, self-administered questionnaire, made available from August 27, 2021, to October 30, 2021 using the Google Forms tool. The questionnaire included sociodemographic questions as well as questions related to the history of anxiety and work during the pandemic. To assess anxiety symptoms, the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) instrument was used. Data treatment consisted of descriptive analysis of the variables, bivariate analysis followed by multivariate Poisson Regression with robust variance. RESULTS: 702 health professionals participated in the study and the general prevalence of GAD was 32.2%. Current anxiety symptoms were self-reported by 37.6% of the participants. In the final model, the associated factors identified were: female sex (PR\u200a=\u200a1.82; 95% CI\u200a=\u200a1.17\u20132.84; p\u200a=\u200a0.007), previous symptoms (PR\u200a=\u200a1.58; 95% CI\u200a=\u200a1.19\u20132.10; p\u200a=\u200a0.002) and (PR\u200a=\u200a2.68; 95% CI\u200a=\u200a2.00\u20133.62; p\u200a&lt;\u200a0.001) current self-reported anxiety. 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