Individual Differences in the Affective Response to Pandemic-Related Stressors in COVID-19 Health Care Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We investigated the evolving prevalence of mood and anxiety symptoms among health care workers from May 2020 to January 2021, risk factors for adverse outcomes, and characteristic modes of affective responses to pandemic-related stressors.

Methods

A total of 2307 health care workers (78.9% female, modal age 25-34 years) participated in an online survey assessing depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) and anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale) symptoms, demographic variables, and self-reported impact of pandemic-related stressors. A total of 334 subjects were reassessed ∼6 months later.

Results

The prevalence of clinically significant depression and anxiety was 45.3% and 43.3%, respectively, and a majority (59.9%-62.9%) of those individuals had

SUBMITTER: Zebley B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8529885 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature