Mental Health Outcomes Among Civil Servants Aiding in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Control
Autor: | Beibei Zheng, Lanjuan Li, Xiaochu Hu, Qingqing Hu |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Generalized anxiety disorder Cross-sectional study Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Outcome Assessment Health Care medicine Humans cross-sectional study 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Pandemics Depression (differential diagnoses) Original Research civil servant SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 anxiety medicine.disease Mental health psychiatry Work experience 030227 psychiatry Patient Health Questionnaire Cross-Sectional Studies Mental Health depression Anxiety Female Public Health Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021) |
ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
Popis: | Objective: To assess the psychiatric status of Chinese civil servants aiding in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) control.Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese civil servants have faced high workloads that may contribute to mental disorders. We assessed the prevalence of both depression and anxiety symptoms among civil servants in Jiangsu and surrounding provinces using the Chinese versions of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale.Methods: The PHQ-9 and GAD-7 were used to assess the severity of symptoms of depression and anxiety, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with mental health outcomes.Results: In total, 867 Chinese civil servants aiding in COVID-19 control were included in our study. Overall, 37.25 and 38.06% of all respondents reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety, respectively. Respondents who were younger and more educated and those who had fewer years of work experience had higher scores for both depression and anxiety. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that being a woman, being younger, having more education and having fewer years of work experience were associated with a higher risk of symptoms of depression and anxiety. However, whether they had experience combating infectious diseases or worked in frontline, there was no significant difference between respondents with and without experience, as well as between frontline and non-frontline workers, in both symptoms of depression and anxiety.Conclusions: The civil servants aiding in COVID-19 control reported suffering from varying degrees of mental disorders. Therefore, more attention should be devoted to the psychological distress of these civil servants. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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