At first level screening, 39% of the subjects expressed general psychological discomfort (GHQ-12), 22% post-traumatic stress symptoms (IES-R), and 21% symptoms of anxiety (GAD-7). Women, nurses, younger workers, subjects with COVID-19 working exposure and with an infected family member ...
1992). Mean PHQ-9 (8.21) was below the recommended cut-off for severe depression (20), with 6.9% of the total sample scoring at or above this cut-off. Mean GAD-7 (7.07) was also below the recommended cut-off for severe anxiety (15), with 11.9% of the total sample scoring at or...
Mindfulness has increasingly been shown to be a resilience-promoting factor against the negative effects of stress and anxiety. While there is considerable literature evidencing that higher levels of mindfulness are associated with decreased stress and anxiety in civilian cross-sectional studies, fewer stu...