biostudies-literatureUnknown12Xie JFundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesNational Natural Science Foundation of China<b>Background:</b> The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused public panic and psychological health problems, especially in medical staff. We aimed to investigate the psychological effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on medical staff. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the psychological impact of medical staff working in COVID-19 designated hospitals from February to March 2020 in China. We assessed psychological health problems using the Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90). <b>Results:</b> Among 656 medical staff, 244 were frontline medical staff and 412 general medical staff. The prevalence of psychological health problems was 19.7%. The SCL-90 scores in frontline medical staff were significantly higher than that in general medical staff (meFrontiers in psychiatry611223https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8119643biostudies-literaturePsychological Health Issues of Medical Staff During the COVID-19 Outbreak.PMC8119643Manandhar ULi YZhu ZXie JJiang XLiu QZhang BfalsePsychological Health Issues of Medical Staff During the COVID-19 Outbreak.<b>Background:</b> The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused public panic and psychological health problems, especially in medical staff. We aimed to investigate the psychological effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on medical staff. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the psychological impact of medical staff working in COVID-19 designated hospitals from February to March 2020 in China. We assessed psychological health problems using the Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90). <b>Results:</b> Among 656 medical staff, 244 were frontline medical staff and 412 general medical staff. The prevalence of psychological health problems was 19.7%. The SCL-90 scores in frontline medical staff were significantly higher than that in general medical staff (me2021-01-01T00:00:00Z20212025-04-22T02:13:43.151Z2025-04-05T20:13:19.057ZS-EPMC81196433399514010.3389/fpsyt.2021.611223