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Updated Feb 7, 2021, 12:47 pm IST
Living with a partner or children caused increased stress for many who were scared about passing on the infection
Researchers assessed fixed factors such as demographic characteristics, age, sex and occupation as well as social psychological and infection-related factors in more than 143,000 health care workers from around the world. (Representational image : PTI)
London: Nurses and female health care workers are most at risk of experiencing psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new research.
The study, carried out by the University of Sheffield in the UK, is the largest global review of factors associated with distress amongst health care workers during an infectious disease outbreak, including COVID-19, SARS, bird flu, swine flu and Ebola.
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