Association between coronavirus disease 2019-related workplace interventions and prevalence of depression and anxiety

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although coronavirus disease 2019 is causing a variety of psychological problems for workers, there are few longitudinal studies on changes in workers’ mental health by workplace intervention. This study aimed to evaluate the change in the prevalence of depression and anxiety according to the active involvement of the workplace.

Methods

This study was conducted on 1,978 workers at a workplace who underwent a health screening from January 2019 to August 2020, and classified depression and anxiety disorders using a self-report questionnaire. After the first pandemic, the company stopped health screening, took paid leave and telecommuting, and conducted interventions such as operating its own screening clinic. To see if this workplace intervention affects workers’

SUBMITTER: Park H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300449 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature