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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Mental Health in Frontline Medical Workers during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Epidemic in China: A Comparison with the General Population.

Yiming Liang, Kankan Wu, Yongjie Zhou, Xin Huang, Yueyue Zhou, Zhengkui Liu

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Yiming LiangCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9193-4789
Kankan WuCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Yongjie ZhouResearch Center for Psychological and Health Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
Xin HuangCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5063-3920
Yueyue ZhouCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1369-2686
Zhengkui LiuCAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNChina University of Geosciences · CN

Funding

Key Project of National Social Science Foundation of China 16AZD058Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions NYKFKT2020002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSince December 2019, China has been affected by a severe outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Frontline medical workers experienced difficulty due to the high risk of being infected and long and distressing work shifts. The current study aims to evaluate psychological symptoms in frontline medical workers during the COVID-19 epidemic in China and to perform a comparison with the general population.

methodsAn online survey was conducted from 14 February 2020 to 29 March 2020. A total of 899 frontline medical workers and 1104 respondents in the general population participated. Depression, anxiety, insomnia, and resilience were assessed via the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and abbreviated Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), respectively.

resultsOverall, 30.43%, 20.29%, and 14.49% of frontline medical workers in Hubei Province and 23.13%, 13.14%, and 10.64% of frontline medical workers in other regions reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia, respectively. In addition, 23.33%, 16.67%, and 6.67% of the general population in Hubei Province and 18.25%, 9.22%, and 7.17% of the general population in other regions reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia, respectively. The resilience of frontline medical staff outside Hubei Province was higher than that of the general population outside Hubei Province.

conclusionA large proportion of frontline medical workers and the general public experienced psychological symptoms during the COVID-19 outbreak. Psychological services for frontline medical workers and the general public are needed.

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CoronavirusAnxietyBetacoronavirusChinaCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansMaleMental HealthPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPrevalencecoronavirusCOVID-19frontline medical workersgeneral publicmental health

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