COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Job Loss Impacts on Mental Health in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The economic hardship brought by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-2019) pandemic has caused mental health problems among people of different socioeconomic status (SES). As social support helps to buffer these problems, we investigated the association between job loss related to COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts; the differences in the effects according to SES; and the mediating effects of social support.

Methods

The effects of COVID-19-related job loss on depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts among 1,364 people were investigated through semi-structured and self-administered questionnaires: Patient Health Questionnaire-9, General Anxiety Disorder-7, and the Functional Social Support Questionnaire. Logistic regression and subgroup analys

SUBMITTER: Han KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460973 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature