ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Perceived Stress, Hope, and Health Outcomes Among Medical Staff in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Culturalizing theory and research on cognitive models of hope.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Health Workers' Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Resilience During COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- The relationship between personal-job fit and physical and mental health among medical staff during the two years after COVID-19 pandemic: Emotional labor and burnout as mediators.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Perceived stress and psychological disorders in healthcare professionals: a multiple chain mediating model of effort-reward imbalance and resilience.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Psychological stress self-help interventions for healthcare workers in the context of COVID-19 in China: A randomized controlled trial protocol.Internet interventions · 2022Article
- The Role of Perceived Social Support and Stress in the Relationship between Hope and Depression among Chinese Shadow Education Tutors: A Serial Mediation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Post-traumatic stress symptoms during the first and second COVID-19 lockdown in Greece: Rates, risk, and protective factors.International journal of mental health nursing · 2022Article
- Bent, But Not Broken: Locus-of-Hope and Well-Being Among Malaysians Facing Economic Challenges Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.Psychological studies · 2022Article
- Understanding Patients with COVID in the Isolation Rooms from the Perspective of Care: A Qualitative Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study investigated the buffering role of hope between perceived stress and health outcomes among front-line medical staff treating patients with suspected COVID-19 infection in Shenzhen, China. In the cross-sectional study with online questionnaires, medical staff's perceived stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and hope were measured by the 10-item Chinese Perceived Stress Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Locus-of-Hope Scale, respectively. A total of 319 eligible front-line medical staff participated. The prevalence of anxiety (29.70%), depression (28.80%), poor sleep quality (38.90%) indicated that a considerable proportion of medical staff experienced mood and sleep disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internal locus-of-hope significantly moderated the effects of stress on anxiety, depression, and sleep quality. Moreover, external family locus-of-hope and external peer locus-of-hope significantly moderated the association between perceived stress and depression. The prevalence of symptoms indicates that both mental and physical health outcomes of front-line medical staff deserve more attention. Internal and external locus-of-hope functioned differently as protective factors for medical staffs' health and might be promising targets for intervention.
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