Social support and mental health among health care workers during Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak: A moderated mediation model.

ABSTRACT:

Purposes

During the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) all over the world, the mental health conditions of health care workers are of great importance to ensure the efficiency of rescue operations. The current study examined the effect of social support on mental health of health care workers and its underlying mechanisms regarding the mediating role of resilience and moderating role of age during the epidemic.

Methods

Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC) and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) were administrated among 1472 health care workers from Jiangsu Province, China during the peak period of COVID-19 outbreak. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the mediation effect of resilience on the relation betwee

SUBMITTER: Hou T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259684 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature