Factors affecting mental illness and social stress in hospital workers treating COVID-19: Paradoxical distress during pandemic era.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected all countries in the world. Hospital workers are at high risk of mental illness, such as anxiety and depression. Furthermore, they also face many social stresses, such as deterioration of human relations and income reduction. Apart from mental illness, these social stresses can reduce motivation and lead to voluntary absenteeism, which contribute to a collapse of medical systems. Thus, for maintaining medical systems, it is crucial to clarify risk factors for both mental illness and increased social stress among hospital workers. However, little attention has been paid to factors affecting social stress, and thus, we aimed to address this gap.

Methods

In this cross-sectional survey of 588 hospital workers, the l

SUBMITTER: Matsumoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936542 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature