ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2021
The Mental Health of Healthcare Staff Working During the COVID-19 Crisis: Their Working Hours as a Boundary Condition.
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- Post-COVID-19 depression prevalence in Iranian nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
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- Impacts for health and care workers of Covid-19 and other public health emergencies of international concern: living systematic review, meta-analysis and policy recommendations.Human resources for health · 2024Pooled it
- Mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Anxiety and depression among Moroccan radiographers working in radiotherapy.Environmental and occupational health practice · 2026Article
- Challenges for health workforce in the Iranian healthcare system: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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- Supporting MRT mental health: Through COVID-19 and beyond.Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences · 2023Article
- The Impact of the Working Hours Among Malaysian Nurses on Their Ill-Being, Intention to Leave, and the Perceived Quality of Care: A Cross-Sectional Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Risk factors of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of coping style and emotional regulation.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- Facing the unknown COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study with nurses and nursing assistants in three European countries.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Predicting Managers' Mental Health Across Countries: Using Country-Level COVID-19 Statistics.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Predictors of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Brazil during COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeHealthcare staff operate at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and hence face enormous physical and mental pressures. We aim to investigate healthcare staff's mental health issues and the associated predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this paper aims to identify some unique predictors of healthcare staff's mental health issues in Iran, the second country after China to experience a major COVID-19 crisis.
methodsAn online survey of 280 healthcare staff in all 31 provinces of Iran assessed staff's mental distress (K6), depression, and anxiety (PHQ-4) during April 5-20, 2020 during the COVID-19 crisis.
resultsNearly a third of healthcare staff surpassed the cutoff for distress, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Females or more educated healthcare staff were more likely to experience distress. Those who were unsure whether they had COVID-19 were more likely to experience distress and depression symptoms. The number of COVID-19 cases among a healthcare worker's colleagues or friends positively predicted the worker's anxiety symptoms. Amongst healthcare staff, doctors were less likely than radiology technologists to experience distress and anxiety symptoms. Technicians and obstetrics staff experienced fewer anxiety symptoms. The age and the weekly working days of healthcare staff interacted such that age is asignificant predictor of mental health issues among younger but not older healthcare staff.
conclusionThe identification of the predictors of mental health issues can guide healthcare organizations to screen healthcare workers who are more likely to be mentally vulnerable in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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