Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, 100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 29;18(9):4775. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094775.
The societal changes caused by COVID-19 have been far-reaching, causing challenges for employees around the world. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the COVID-19 restrictions on mental well-being, working life, family life and social life among Faroese employees within a broad range of professions. A total of 1328 Faroese employees answered an anonymous self-report survey from 13 April to 4 May 2020. Employee mental well-being was only modestly affected by the restrictions and the respondents had a mean score of 50.7 on the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale where a score between 41-44 is found to correspond with possible depression. Work commitment, work and family life, work satisfaction and work ability were all rated significantly worse after the COVID-19 outbreak than before (all values < 0.005). Contrary to previous research, employees in health services assessed their work ability significantly higher than employees in teaching, and child and youth care ( < 0.05). Working parents had higher levels of stress and assessed their work ability significantly lower than employees without children ( < 0.05), and women tended to be more worried than men because of the pandemic. In conclusion, the overall mental well-being of Faroese employees was on an average level during lock-down in April and May 2020. Their working life seemed, however, to be worse than usual.
新冠疫情引发的社会变革影响深远，给全球员工带来了挑战。本研究旨在评估新冠疫情限制措施对法罗群岛各行业员工心理健康、工作生活、家庭生活和社会生活的影响。2020 年 4 月 13 日至 5 月 4 日，共有 1328 名法罗群岛员工参与了这项匿名自我报告调查。员工心理健康受限制措施的影响较小，沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表的平均得分为 50.7 分，41-44 分被认为可能患有抑郁症。疫情爆发后，员工对工作投入度、工作与家庭生活、工作满意度和工作能力的评价均显著下降（均<0.005）。与以往的研究不同，医疗保健服务行业的员工对其工作能力的评价显著高于教育、儿童和青年护理行业的员工（<0.05）。有子女的员工压力水平更高，对工作能力的评价显著低于无子女的员工（<0.05），而且女性因疫情而感到担忧的程度高于男性。总之，2020 年 4 月至 5 月封锁期间，法罗群岛员工的整体心理健康水平处于平均水平，但工作生活似乎比以往更糟糕。
