RT Unpublished Material
T1 Sense of coherence, engagement, and work environment as precursors of psychological distress among non-health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
A1 Ortega Moreno, Mónica
A1 Allende Cussó, Regina
A1 Ayuso- Murillo, Diego
A1 Domínguez Salas, Sara
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
K1 Covid-19
K1 Psychological distress
K1 Non-health workers
K1 Occupational health
K1 Public health
AB 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.
PB Elsevier
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27804
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27804
LA eng
NO Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos; Ortega-Moreno, Mónica; Allende-Cussó, Regina; Ayuso-Murillo, Diego; Domínguez-Salas, Sara; Gómez-Salgado, Juan. (2021). Sense of coherence, engagement, and work environment as precursors of psychological distress among non-health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Safety Science. 133  doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105033
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jul 2026