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Impact of Covid-19 in Global Health and Psychosocial Risks at Work

Authors :
Tania Gaspar
Teresa Paiva
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Source :
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The main objective is to understand and characterize the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on mental health and psychosocial risks at work in professionally active adults. METHODS: This specific work includes 4708 professionally active participantsfrom all over the country, of which 3354 are female (71.2%), aged between 19 and 86 years, with an average age of 45.8 years (SD = 12.56). RESULTS: The global impact of Covid-19 is explained by socio-demographic factors (gender, age, and education), by work-related and volume of work and health that is reflected in most symptoms. We found gender, age, education level and professional area differences related to global impact of Covid-19. CONCLUSION: The Covid-19 pandemic accounts for the challenge to identify the important factors to promote resilience of citizens, professionals, and organizations.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15365948 and 10762752
Volume :
63
Issue :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c77eaf29bc70eacf6fa4e6c923c26efc