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Tytuł:
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Is returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic stressful? A study on immediate mental health status and psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures of Chinese workforce.
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Autorzy:
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Tan W; The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Think Tank, Chongqing 400043, China; Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore.
Hao F; The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China.
McIntyre RS; Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Jiang L; The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China.
Jiang X; Department of Neurology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
Zhang L; The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China.
Zhao X; The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China.
Zou Y; The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China.
Hu Y; The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China.
Luo X; The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China.
Zhang Z; Department of Neurology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
Lai A; Faculty of Education, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China; Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore.
Ho R; Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore; Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore. Electronic address: .
Tran B; Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi 100000, Viet Nam.
Ho C; Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore; Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore.
Tam W; Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Źródło:
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Brain, behavior, and immunity [Brain Behav Immun] 2020 Jul; Vol. 87, pp. 84-92. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 23.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Publication: <2000- > : Amsterdam : Elsevier
Original Publication: San Diego : Academic Press, [c1987-
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MeSH Terms:
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Anxiety/*psychology
Coronavirus Infections/*prevention & control
Depression/*psychology
Pandemics/*prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral/*prevention & control
Return to Work/*psychology
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/*psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/*psychology
Adult ; Anxiety/epidemiology ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; China/epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Depression/epidemiology ; Female ; Hand Hygiene ; Health Status ; Humans ; Male ; Marital Status ; Masks ; Mental Health ; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ; Psychoneuroimmunology ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/epidemiology ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology ; Ventilation ; Workplace ; Young Adult
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Anxiety; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Depression; Insomnia; Occupational health mental health; PTSD; Pandemic; Quarantine; Stress; Suicide; Workers; Workforce
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20200427 Date Completed: 20200702 Latest Revision: 20210128
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Update Code:
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20240105
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PubMed Central ID:
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PMC7179503
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.055
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PMID:
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32335200
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This study aimed to quantify the immediate psychological effects and psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures of a workforce returning to work during the COVID-19 epidemic. Workforce returning to work was invited to complete an online questionnaire regarding their attitude toward the COVID-19 epidemic and return-to-work along with psychological parameters including the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale- 21 (DASS-21) and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). Psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures include precautions at personal and organization levels. From 673 valid questionnaires, we found that 10.8% of respondents met the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after returning to work. The respondents reported a low prevalence of anxiety (3.8%), depression (3.7%), stress (1.5%) and insomnia (2.3%). There were no significant differences in the severity of psychiatric symptoms between workers/technicians and executives/managers. >95% reported psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures including good ventilation in the workplace and wore a face mask as protective. Factors that were associated with the severity of psychiatric symptoms in the workforce were marital status, presence of physical symptom, poor physical health and viewing return to work as a health hazard (p < 0.05). In contrast, personal psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures including hand hygiene and wearing face masks as well as organizational measures including significant improvement of workplace hygiene and concerns from the company were associated with less severe psychiatric symptoms (p < 0.05). Contrary to expectations, returning to work had not caused a high level of psychiatric symptoms in the workforce. The low prevalence of psychiatric symptoms could be due to confidence instilled by psychoneuroimmunity prevention measures before the resumption of work. Our findings would provide information for other countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
