Alteration in network centrality of psychopathology symptoms in public bus driver between the COVID-19 control policies unbundling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bus drivers face complex work challenges and high infection risks, particularly heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic, which significantly affects their mental health. This study used network analysis to conduct a longitudinal follow-up of the psychological symptom network of bus drivers, utilizing the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R).

Design

A repeated-measures self-controlled observational design was used to survey 1,600 intercity bus drivers in a city in southern Anhui, China, in September 2022 and January 2023, respectively, and participant data were analyzed using regularized partial correlation network analysis.

Results

A total of 1134 (74.56%) completed the two surveys, 1121 (98.9%) were male, with a mean age of 47.3 ± 6.27 years, and all ha

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11899060 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature