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COVID-19-Related Mental Health Effects in the Workplace: A Narrative Review

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has deeply altered social and working environments in several ways. Social distancing policies, mandatory lockdowns, isolation periods, and anxiety of getting sick, along with the suspension of productive activity, loss of income, and fear of the futu...

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Autores principales: Giorgi, Gabriele, Lecca, Luigi Isaia, Alessio, Federico, Finstad, Georgia Libera, Bondanini, Giorgia, Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra, Arcangeli, Giulio, Mucci, Nicola
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33120930
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217857
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author Giorgi, Gabriele
Lecca, Luigi Isaia
Alessio, Federico
Finstad, Georgia Libera
Bondanini, Giorgia
Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra
Arcangeli, Giulio
Mucci, Nicola
author_facet Giorgi, Gabriele
Lecca, Luigi Isaia
Alessio, Federico
Finstad, Georgia Libera
Bondanini, Giorgia
Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra
Arcangeli, Giulio
Mucci, Nicola
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description The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has deeply altered social and working environments in several ways. Social distancing policies, mandatory lockdowns, isolation periods, and anxiety of getting sick, along with the suspension of productive activity, loss of income, and fear of the future, jointly influence the mental health of citizens and workers. Workplace aspects can play a crucial role on moderating or worsening mental health of people facing this pandemic scenario. The purpose of this literature review is to deepen the psychological aspects linked to workplace factors, following the epidemic rise of COVID-19, in order to address upcoming psychological critical issues in the workplaces. We performed a literature search using Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scopus, selecting papers focusing on workers’ psychological problems that can be related to the workplace during the pandemic. Thirty-five articles were included. Mental issues related to the health emergency, such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and sleep disorders are more likely to affect healthcare workers, especially those on the frontline, migrant workers, and workers in contact with the public. Job insecurity, long periods of isolation, and uncertainty of the future worsen the psychological condition, especially in younger people and in those with a higher educational background. Multiple organizational and work-related interventions can mitigate this scenario, such as the improvement of workplace infrastructures, the adoption of correct and shared anti-contagion measures, including regular personal protective equipment (PPE) supply, and the implementation of resilience training programs. This review sets the basis for a better understanding of the psychological conditions of workers during the pandemic, integrating individual and social perspectives, and providing insight into possible individual, social, and occupational approaches to this “psychological pandemic”.
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spelling pubmed-76637732020-11-14 COVID-19-Related Mental Health Effects in the Workplace: A Narrative Review Giorgi, Gabriele Lecca, Luigi Isaia Alessio, Federico Finstad, Georgia Libera Bondanini, Giorgia Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra Arcangeli, Giulio Mucci, Nicola Int J Environ Res Public Health Review The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has deeply altered social and working environments in several ways. Social distancing policies, mandatory lockdowns, isolation periods, and anxiety of getting sick, along with the suspension of productive activity, loss of income, and fear of the future, jointly influence the mental health of citizens and workers. Workplace aspects can play a crucial role on moderating or worsening mental health of people facing this pandemic scenario. The purpose of this literature review is to deepen the psychological aspects linked to workplace factors, following the epidemic rise of COVID-19, in order to address upcoming psychological critical issues in the workplaces. We performed a literature search using Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scopus, selecting papers focusing on workers’ psychological problems that can be related to the workplace during the pandemic. Thirty-five articles were included. Mental issues related to the health emergency, such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and sleep disorders are more likely to affect healthcare workers, especially those on the frontline, migrant workers, and workers in contact with the public. Job insecurity, long periods of isolation, and uncertainty of the future worsen the psychological condition, especially in younger people and in those with a higher educational background. Multiple organizational and work-related interventions can mitigate this scenario, such as the improvement of workplace infrastructures, the adoption of correct and shared anti-contagion measures, including regular personal protective equipment (PPE) supply, and the implementation of resilience training programs. This review sets the basis for a better understanding of the psychological conditions of workers during the pandemic, integrating individual and social perspectives, and providing insight into possible individual, social, and occupational approaches to this “psychological pandemic”. MDPI 2020-10-27 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7663773/ /pubmed/33120930 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217857 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lecca, Luigi Isaia
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Arcangeli, Giulio
Mucci, Nicola
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