ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2021
Negative Employment Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Psychological Distress: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey in the U.S.
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- The Psychological Impact of COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Lockdown and During-Lockdown Periods Among Saudi General Population.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- The effects of occupational disruption during COVID-19 lockdowns on health: a cross-sectional study.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Racial Discrimination and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the Health, Ethnicity, and Pandemic (HEAP) Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- Racial-ethnic disparities in psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: the role of experienced discrimination and perceived racial bias.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- From economic difficulties to psychological maladjustment in Italian women during the Covid-19 pandemic: does marital dissatisfaction moderate or mediate this association?Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Mental Health Treatment Reported by US Workers before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: United States (2019-2020).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations of COVID-19 Related Work Stressors with Psychological Distress: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Californian Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The association between social determinants of health and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a secondary analysis among four racial/ethnic groups.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Association between racial discrimination and delayed or forgone care amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Racial Discrimination, Mental Health and Behavioral Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a National Survey in the United States.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Gender difference in working from home and psychological distress - A national survey of U.S. employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.Industrial health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in the Era of New Variants: A Review and Perspective.Open forum infectious diseases · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveWe examined associations of negative employment changes during the COVID-19 pandemic with mental health in a national sample of U.S. workers, and whether the associations differed by race.
methodsData were from the Health, Ethnicity, and Pandemic Study, a cross-sectional survey. The effects of negative employment changes on psychological distress in 1510 workers were examined via linear regression, and stratified analyses were conducted across racial subgroups.
resultsAfter adjustment for covariates, compared to workers with no change in employment, those who experienced permanent job loss had the highest psychological distress (β and 95% CI = 3.27 [1.89, 4.65]). Permanent job loss had the greatest effect on psychological distress in Blacks and Asians.
conclusionNegative employment changes related to the pandemic may have deleterious impacts on workers' mental health, with disproportionate effects on racial minorities.
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