Predictors and rates of PTSD, depression and anxiety in UK frontline health and social care workers during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Background: Studies have shown that working in frontline healthcare roles during epidemics and pandemics was associated with PTSD, depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to identify demographic, work-related and other predictors for clinically significant PTSD, depression, and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK frontline health and social care workers (HSCWs), and to compare rates of distress across different groups of HCSWs working in different roles and settings. Methods: A convenience sample (n = 1194) of frontline UK HCSWs completed an online survey during the first wave of the pandemic (27 May - 23 July 2020). Participants worked in UK hospitals, nursing or care homes and other community

SUBMITTER: Greene T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8075082 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature