Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 4378 UK healthcare workers and ancillary staff: initial baseline data from a cohort study collected during the first wave of the pandemic.

Dannielle LambSam GnanapragasamNeil GreenbergRupa BhundiaEwan CarrMatthew HotopfReza RazaviRosalind RaineSean CrossAmy DewarMary DochertySarah DorringtonStephani HatchCharlotte Wilson-JonesDaniel LeightleyIra MadanSally MarlowIsabel McMullenAnne-Marie RaffertyMartin ParsonsCatherine PollingDanai SerfiotiHelen GauntPeter AitkenJoanna Morris-BoneChloe SimelaVeronica FrenchRachel HarrisSharon A M Stevelink Simon Wessely

Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2021)

Our findings suggest that mental health support for healthcare workers should consider those demographics and occupations at highest risk. Rigorous longitudinal data are needed in order to respond to the potential long-term mental health impacts of the pandemic.

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