• Yang Yao, Yao Tian, Jing Zhou, Xin Diao, Bogan Cao, Shuang Pan, Ligai Di, Yan Liu, Hui Chen, Chunxia Xie, Yuanli Yang, Feiyu Li, Yuqi Guo, and Shengyu Wang.
• Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, China.
• Front Psychol. 2020 Jan 1; 11: 1841.

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to analyze the psychological status of and its influencing factors in health care workers (HCWs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak so as to provide sufficient theory and scientific basis for the formulation and implementation of relevant policies and measures in improving the psychological status of HCWs.MethodDuring February 1 to February 20, 2020, 1,002 members of the HCWs from Xi'an and Wuhan completed a 12-item questionnaire regarding pressure about the COVID-19 influenza pandemic, along with the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). The GHQ-12 scale was divided by three points. The positive group was scored more than 3. All data were analyzed by SPSS.ResultsMore than half of the participants (61.1%) reported psychological distress. The HCWs have sufficient information about the COVID-19 symptoms, prognosis, treatment, infection route, and preventive measures (medians ranged from 6/9 to 8/9). Female, engaged in clinic work less than 7 years, married person, and working in Wuhan were risk factors affecting the psychological status of HCWs (P < 0.05).ConclusionPsychological distress is common in HCWs during the COVID-19 outbreak. Hospitals and relevant departments should provide psychological support to HCWs, and strict infection control measures should be developed.Copyright © 2020 Yao, Tian, Zhou, Diao, Cao, Pan, Di, Liu, Chen, Xie, Yang, Li, Guo and Wang.

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