Ruíz Frutos, Carlos , Ortega Moreno, Mónica , Allande Cussó, Regina , Ayuso Murillo, Diego , Gómez Salgado, Juan , DOMÍNGUEZ SALAS, SARA
No
Saf Sci
Article
Científica
4.877
1.178
07/10/2020
000590202600039
2-s2.0-85092477724
Background: The interrelationship between the sense of coherence, work environment, work engagement, and psychological distress have particular interest in non-health workers who carried out essential activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To assess the effects of the COVID-19 on the physical and mental health of non-health workers. Design: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study. Data sources: 1089 questionnaires have been analysed. Engagement (UWES-9), sense of coherence (SOC-13), mental health (Goldberg GHQ-12), demographic data, perception of health and stress and work environment were assessed. Results: At low levels of engagement, the percentage of distress is higher (77.9%). Low levels of sense of coherence correspond to the highest percentages of distress (86.3%). The 94.1% believe it necessary for professionals and volunteers involved in COVID-19 to receive psychological support. Low comprehensibility is mediated by the perception of stress; if the perception is low, comprehensibility is modulated by the level of significance; if it is low, it generates 95.9% of distress. Conclusion: The interrelationship between the sense of coherence, work environment, work engagement, and psychological distress have particular interest in non-health workers who carried out essential activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost all respondents believed that professionals and volunteers involved in COVID-19 should receive psychological support. This may be an indicator of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers’ mental health. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Employment; Human engineering; Surveys; Cross-sectional study; Data-sources; Demographic data; Mental health; Psychological distress; Sense of coherences; Work engagements; Work environments; Health; Article; coronavirus disease 2019; disease burden; distress syndrome; female; human; male; perception; priority journal; public health; quarantine; risk factor; sense of coherence; Spain; work engagement; work environment