{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Herold R"],"funding":["German Federal Ministry of Education and Research"],"pagination":["872-884"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11664889"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["61(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the challenging working conditions of healthcare workers (HCWs) in many regions. A considerable proportion of HCWs in Germany are migrants facing additional migration-related stressors. The aim of this cross-sectional web-based survey was to examine depressive and generalized anxiety symptoms among migrant and native HCWs in Germany during the pandemic. We compared 780 migrant (first- and second-generation) HCWs from different backgrounds with 6,407 native HCWs. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine associations between occupational and COVID-19 related variables, controlling for sociodemographics. Migrant HCWs from low-/middle-income countries more frequently had clinically relevant depressive symptoms (PHQ-2 ≥ 3) than did those from hi"],"journal":["Transcultural psychiatry"],"pubmed_title":["The mental health of first- and second-generation migrant vs. native healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The VOICE survey of 7,187 employees in the German healthcare sector."],"pmcid":["PMC11664889"],"funding_grant_id":["01GX1902C"],"pubmed_authors":["Beschoner P","Borho A","Geiser F","Hiebel N","Albus C","Weidner K","Herold R","Morawa E","Jerg-Bretzke L","Schug C","Erim Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The mental health of first- and second-generation migrant vs. native healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The VOICE survey of 7,187 employees in the German healthcare sector.","description":"The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the challenging working conditions of healthcare workers (HCWs) in many regions. A considerable proportion of HCWs in Germany are migrants facing additional migration-related stressors. The aim of this cross-sectional web-based survey was to examine depressive and generalized anxiety symptoms among migrant and native HCWs in Germany during the pandemic. We compared 780 migrant (first- and second-generation) HCWs from different backgrounds with 6,407 native HCWs. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine associations between occupational and COVID-19 related variables, controlling for sociodemographics. Migrant HCWs from low-/middle-income countries more frequently had clinically relevant depressive symptoms (PHQ-2 ≥ 3) than did those from hi","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Dec","modification":"2025-04-03T23:14:09.213Z","creation":"2025-04-03T23:14:09.213Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11664889","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39053896"],"doi":["10.1177/13634615241253153"]}}