Summary
This rapid systematic review and meta-analysis synthesised quantitative evidence on the mental health burden—particularly anxiety, depression, and PTSD—experienced by healthcare workers during viral epidemic outbreaks. The work quantifies the scale of psychological impact across multiple studies to establish the occupational mental health burden associated with pandemic exposure. The paper falls outside Vitagri's core remit on farming systems, soil health, and food-related nutrition science.
Regional applicability
This study addresses occupational mental health in clinical settings and does not concern farming, soil, food production, or nutritional science relevant to Vitagri's focus areas.
Key measures
Prevalence rates and effect sizes for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related psychological outcomes in healthcare worker populations
Outcomes reported
The study quantified the prevalence and severity of mental health outcomes (anxiety, depression, PTSD) among healthcare workers during viral epidemic periods through meta-analytic synthesis of quantitative evidence.
Topic tags
Dig deeper with Pulse AI.
Pulse AI has read the whole catalogue. Ask about this record, its theme, or how the findings apply to UK farming and policy — every answer cites the underlying studies.