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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Anxiety and Stress Disorders
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1520361
Psychological status of healthcare workers in the post-COVID 19 period in China: A retrospective multicentric cross-sectional study
Provisionally accepted- 1 Huizhou Health Sciences Polytechnic, Huizhou, China
- 2 Huizhou Medicine Institute, Huizhou, China
- 3 Health Bureau of Huizhou City, Huizhou, China
- 4 Huizhou First Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Huizhou, China
- 5 Huizhou No. 2 Hospital, Huizhou, China
Objective: This study aimed to assess the depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Huizhou in the post-pandemic period. Methods: A retrospective multicentric cross-sectional study was conducted from April 25 to May 25, 2023, involving 4,618 HCWs from 46 hospitals in Guangdong Province, China. Psychological well-being was measured using the PHQ-9, GAD-7, Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and PTSD scales. Chi-square test and multivariable logistic regression were used to identify factors associated with depression, anxiety, insomnia and PTSD. Results: The rates of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and PTSD were 45.0%, 59.4%, 40.5%, and 10.5%, respectively. HCWs who did not experience negative events were more likely to show anxiety (OR=2.082, 95%CI:1.734-2.499), depression (OR=2.013, 95%CI:1.647-2.460) and insomnia (OR=2.013, 95%CI:1.683-2.409). Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and PTSD in the HCWs after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Depression, insomnia, post-traumatic, Cross-sectional study, Stress disorder
Received: 31 Oct 2024; Accepted: 20 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Wang, Fu, Gan, Wu, Pan, Zhou and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Aihua Gan, Huizhou Medicine Institute, Huizhou, China
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