Shu Jing, Zhenwei Dai, Yijin Wu, Xiaoyang Liu, Tianrui Ren, Xin Liu, Ling Zhang, Jiaqi Fu, Xu Chen, Weijun Xiao, Hao Wang, Yiman Huang, Yimin Qu, Wenjun Wang, Xiaofen Gu, Li Ma, Shaokai Zhang, Yanqin Yu, Li Li, Zhili Han, Xiaoyou Su, Youlin Qiao, Chen Wang
BACKGROUND: From November 2022 to February 2023, the Chinese mainland experienced a surge in COVID-19 infection and hospitalization, and the hospital-based healthcare workers (HCWs) might suffer serious psychological crisis during this period. This study aims to assess the depressive and anxiety symptoms among HCWs during the surge of COVID-19 pandemic, to provide possible reference on protecting mental health of HCWs in future infectious disease outbreaks. METHODS: A multicenter cross-sectional study was carried out among hospital-based HCWs in the Chinese mainland from January 5 to February 9, 2023...
August 10, 2023: QJM: Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians