A multinational, multicentre study on the psychological outcomes and associated physical symptoms amongst healthcare workers during COVID-19 outbreak
By Nicholas W. S. Chew, G. K. Lee, B. Tan, M. Jing, Y. Goh, N. Ngiam, L. Yeo, Aftab Ahmad, F. Khan, G. N. Shanmugam and 19 more. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020
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Highlights • Commonly reported symptoms are headache, throat pain and lethargy.• A large number of healthcare workers report more than four symptoms.• Those with physical symptoms had higher rates of depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD.• Those with physical symptoms had higher mean scores in the IES-R, DASS subscales.• Association between physical symptoms and psychological outcomes may be bidirectional.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Neurology
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