RT Journal Article
T1 Health-related factors of Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic among non-health workers in Spain
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
A1 Ortega Moreno, Mónica
A1 Allande Cussó, Regina
A1 Domínguez Salas, Sara
A1 Dias, Adriano
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
AB Background: Non-health workers engaged in essential activities during the pandemicare less researched on the effects of COVID-19 than health workers.Objective: to study the differences between those who work away from home andthose who do so from home, when the effects of fear of contagion cross with those ofconfinement, about the psychological distress during the COVID-19 in Spain.Design: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study.Data sources: The study was carried out receiving 1089 questionnaires from nonhealthworkers that were working away from home and doing so from their homes. Thequestionnaire included sociodemographic and occupational data, physical symptoms,self-perceived health, use of preventive measures and possible contacts, and theGoldberg GHQ-12.Results: 71.6% of non-health female workers and 52.4% of non-health male workershad psychological distress, with differences among those working away from homeand those working from home. The level of psychological distress among non-healthworkers is predicted by 66.5% through the variables: being a woman, 43 years old oryounger, having a home with no outdoor spaces, poor perception of health, number ofsymptoms, and having been in contact with contaminated people or material. Amongworkers who work away from home, being self-employed is another predictive variableof distress.Conclusion: more than the half of the sample showed inadequate management of thepsychological distress. There are modifiable factors which provide necessary elementsto support a positive attitude of the workers, such as: knowledge of hygiene, transmission of the virus, protective measures, and social distancing measures.
PB Elsevier
SN 0925-7535
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23222
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23222
LA eng
NO Ruiz-Frutos, C., Ortega-Moreno, M., Allande-Cussó, R., Domínguez-Salas, S., Dias, A., & Gómez-Salgado, J. (2021). Health-related factors of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among non-health workers in Spain. In Safety Science (Vol. 133, p. 104996). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104996
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026