@unpublished{10272/27804,
year = {2020},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27804},
abstract = {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.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Covid-19},
keywords = {Psychological distress},
keywords = {Non-health workers},
keywords = {Occupational health},
keywords = {Public health},
title = {Sense of coherence, engagement, and work environment as precursors of psychological distress among non-health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain},
doi = {10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105033},
author = {Ruiz Frutos, Carlos and Ortega Moreno, Mónica and Allende Cussó, Regina and Ayuso- Murillo, Diego and Domínguez Salas, Sara and Gómez Salgado, Juan},
}