Factors related to Mental Health Status among Public Health Employees under Covid-19 Era: Cross-Sectional Survey Research
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Public health employees, Mental health status, COVID-19Abstract
The objective of this research was to study a relationship which affected to mental health status among public health employees in the COVID-19 era. A cross-sectional survey research was used by the stratified random sampling. Altogethe 300 participants were selected among public health employees at the central, the northern, and the eastern region of Thailand. Independent variables consisted of public health referral system for person with disabilities, public health policy, welfare, and work condition. Dependent variable was mental health status which it composed of unhappiness, anxiety, social impairment, and hypochondriasis. General data contained of sex, age, married status, educational level, and occupational status. Data of this research were analyzed by number, percentages, mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient statistics at p-value less than 0.05. The results from the study found that public health referral system for person with disabilities, public health policy, welfare, and work condition had a positive relationship with mental health status (p<0.05). It was found that public health referral system for person with disabilities had the most positive relationship with mental health status. Mental health status among public health employees in the COVID-19 era was found to be at risk of poor mental health status. Thus, mental health surveillance conducted. Hence, the future study should cover path analysis, structural equation modeling, and qualitative research.
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