Work-Related Mental Health Under COVID-19 Restrictions: A Mini Literature Review

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions, including national lockdown, social distancing, compulsory quarantine, and organizational measures of remote working, are imposed in many countries and organizations to combat the coronavirus. The various restrictions have caused different impacts on...

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Autores principales: Wei Liu, Yingbo Xu, Danni Ma
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e9d368e2445147299b0fe74a80f7ab962021-11-30T17:36:14ZWork-Related Mental Health Under COVID-19 Restrictions: A Mini Literature Review2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.788370https://doaj.org/article/e9d368e2445147299b0fe74a80f7ab962021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.788370/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions, including national lockdown, social distancing, compulsory quarantine, and organizational measures of remote working, are imposed in many countries and organizations to combat the coronavirus. The various restrictions have caused different impacts on the employees' mental health worldwide. The purpose of this mini-review is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on employees' mental health across the world. We searched articles in Web of Science and Google Scholar, selecting literature focusing on employees' mental health conditions under COVID-19 restrictions. The findings reveal that the psychological impacts of teleworking are associated with employees' various perceptions of its pros and cons. The national lockdown, quarantine, and resuming to work can cause mild to severe mental health issues, whereas the capability to practice social distancing is positively related to employees' mental health. Generally, employees in developed countries have experienced the same negative and positive impacts on mental health, whereas, in developing countries, employees have reported a more negative effect of the restrictions. One explanation is that the unevenly distributed mental health resources and assistances in developed and developing countries.Wei LiuYingbo XuDanni MaFrontiers Media S.A.articleCOVID-19 restrictionswork-related mental healthemployeesdeveloping and developed countriessocial distancingremote workingPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic COVID-19 restrictions
work-related mental health
employees
developing and developed countries
social distancing
remote working
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle COVID-19 restrictions
work-related mental health
employees
developing and developed countries
social distancing
remote working
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Wei Liu
Yingbo Xu
Danni Ma
Work-Related Mental Health Under COVID-19 Restrictions: A Mini Literature Review
description Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions, including national lockdown, social distancing, compulsory quarantine, and organizational measures of remote working, are imposed in many countries and organizations to combat the coronavirus. The various restrictions have caused different impacts on the employees' mental health worldwide. The purpose of this mini-review is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on employees' mental health across the world. We searched articles in Web of Science and Google Scholar, selecting literature focusing on employees' mental health conditions under COVID-19 restrictions. The findings reveal that the psychological impacts of teleworking are associated with employees' various perceptions of its pros and cons. The national lockdown, quarantine, and resuming to work can cause mild to severe mental health issues, whereas the capability to practice social distancing is positively related to employees' mental health. Generally, employees in developed countries have experienced the same negative and positive impacts on mental health, whereas, in developing countries, employees have reported a more negative effect of the restrictions. One explanation is that the unevenly distributed mental health resources and assistances in developed and developing countries.
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